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What is “Plasmodium"?
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Plasmodium is a single-celled parasite of the genus which caused Malaria.

This parasite is transmitted to humans most commonly through mosquito bites.

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Plasmodium is a type of protozoa, a single-celled organism that is able to divide only within a host cell. The main types of Plasmodium are P. falciparum, the species that causes falciparum malaria, the most dangerous type of malaria; P. malariae, the species that causes quartan malaria;

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