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• n  multinucleate sheet of cytoplasm characteristic of some stages of such organisms as slime molds
• n  parasitic protozoan of the genus Plasmodium that causes malaria in humans

• The thing which causes malaria is animalplasmodium malariaeintroduced into the human blood stream by a breed of mosquito.

• Plasmodium vivax
• malaria parasite

News & Articles

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• Cell biologist to begin work on discovering structure of malaria parasite genome
  ( University of California - Riverside ) Plasmodium, which causes malaria, requires specific human and mosquito tissues to complete its life cycle. The progression and control of this life cycle could be better understood by studying changes of the 3-D structure of the parasite's genome. The University of California, Riverside and the University of Washington have received a four-year grant ...
  June 27, 2013 - EurekAlert!

Quotes

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• Fotis Kafatos in guardian.co.uk
  Many researchers focus on the direct effects of plasmodium on the human body, but the mosquito is an equally important battleground in fighting the disease,said Fotis Kafatos, director of EMBL and leader of the malaria research team. "We...
• Kishore Kumar in Times of India
  The possibility of the plasmodium vivax strain becoming deadlier cannot be ruled out,Kishore Hargoli, assistant health officer of the Brihan-Mumbai Municipal Corporation, told TOI.
• Chris Curtis in Times Online
  What many people don't realise is that mosquitoes are not born carrying malaria,Curtis says. "The insects get malaria parasites - called plasmodium - only if they bite an infected person."