malaria


Malaria is a mosquito-borne infectious disease of humans caused by eukaryotic protists of the genus Plasmodium.Four species of Plasmodium can infect and be transmitted by humans. Severe disease is largely caused by Plasmodium falciparum. Malaria caused by Plasmodium vivax, Plasmodium ovale and Plasmodium malariae is generally a milder disease that is rarely fatal.




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