Question

Name the protozoan which causes malaria.

Answer 1

Plasmodium:

1. The protozoan which causes malaria is called Plasmodium.
2. Plasmodium species mature in blood-feeding insect hosts before injecting parasites into vertebrate hosts during a blood meal.
3. The transmission of the malaria parasite is carried out by female Anopheles mosquitoes which bite usually during dusk and dawn.
4. A parasite that frequently infects a particular species of mosquito that feeds on people can result in the serious and occasionally fatal disease known as malaria.
5. Malaria often causes severe disease, including high fevers, shivering chills, and flu-like symptoms.
6. The parasites that cause malaria enter the victim's bloodstream and go to the liver.
7. Red blood cells become infected when the parasites exit the liver after reaching maturity.
8. A plasmodium-genus single-celled parasite causes malaria and the parasite is primarily spread to people by mosquito bites.