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malaria is caused by organisms of the genus Plasmodium, a protist that infects human red blood cells. Human malaria includes the species Plasmodium falciparum, P. vivax, P. ovale, and P. malariae. The species responsible for the most deaths due to malaria is P. falciparum.

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