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What kind of protozoan causes malaria?


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Malaria:

It is a life-threatening disease, that is caused by parasites through the bites of infected female Anopheles mosquitoes.

The protozoan that causes malaria :

  1. Plasmodium, the genus of protozoa can cause malaria.
  2. Malignant malaria is caused by Plasmodium falciparum.
  3. The different species of Plasmodium can cause different types of malaria.
  • Plasmodium vivax
  • Plasmodium malaria
  • Plasmodium falciparum.

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