Scientific name of malaria parasite

Answer 1

There are actually four species of protists that can cause malaria.

• Plasmodium falciparum
• Plasmodium vivax
• Plasmodium ovale
• Plasmodium malaria

Plasmodium falciparum is the most widespread and dangerous.

Answer 2

Malaria is caused by organisms of the genus Plasmodium, a parasite that infects human red blood cells.

There are 3 different eukaryotic organisms from the genus Plasmodium that are responsible for the contraction of malaria. These are:

• Plasmodium vivax
• Plasmodium ovale
• Plasmodium malariae
• Plasmodium falciparum

Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax are the most common, however Plasmodium falciparum is the most deadly.

Note, the parasite is carried and transferred to us by mosquito bites.

Answer 3

Malaria is an infectious disease caused by mosquitoes. Malaria is not actually caused by a virus; it is caused by a single-celled animal that goes by the name of a protozoan.

Answer 4

falcimodium parasite