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malaria is caused by a parasite called as plasmodium. It is a protozoa. There are four species which causes malaria commonly. They are plasmodium falciparum, Plasmodium vivax, Plasmodium ovale and plasmodium malariae. Out of which plasmodium falciparum is most dangerous. almost 500 million cases of malaria occur in the world. Most of them in tropical countries.

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