'Malarial parasite' divides into many daughter individuals simultaneously through multiple fission

‘Malarial parasite’ divides into many daughter individuals simultaneously through multiple fission. State an advantage that the parasite gets because of this type of reproduction.

It produces many individuals through multiple fission which gives better chances of survival for the species. Being a parasite, if few individual gets eliminated then also rest of the individuals multiply rapidly to maintain larger number of parasites.