12/12/20 16:22 PM IST
Five species of Plasmodium (single-celled parasites) can infect humans and cause illness:
Types of malaria
Malaria is caused by the bite of the female Anopheles mosquito, if the mosquito itself is infected with a malarial parasite.
There are five kinds of malarial parasites — Plasmodium falciparum, Plasmodium vivax (the commonest ones), Plasmodium malariae, Plasmodium ovale and Plasmodium knowlesi.
Source: The Hindu
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