Plasmodium is a genus of unicellular eukaryotes that are obligate parasites of vertebrates and insects. The life cycles of Plasmodium species involve...

Plasmodium falciparum is a unicellular protozoan parasite of humans, and the deadliest species of Plasmodium that causes malaria in humans. The parasite...

Plasmodium vivax is a protozoal parasite and a human pathogen. This parasite is the most frequent and widely distributed cause of recurring malaria. Although...

Plasmodium malariae is a parasitic protozoan that causes malaria in humans. It is one of several species of Plasmodium parasites that infect other organisms...

The genus Plasmodium is a member of the order Haemosporidia. It is the largest genus within this order and currently consists of over 250 species. They...

itself harmed by Plasmodium infections, causing reduced lifespan. Human malaria is caused by single-celled microorganisms of the Plasmodium group. It is spread...

Plasmodium knowlesi is a parasite that causes malaria in humans and other primates. It is found throughout Southeast Asia, and is the most common cause...

Plasmodium ovale is a species of parasitic protozoon that causes tertian malaria in humans. It is one of several species of Plasmodium parasites that infect...

A plasmodium is a living structure of cytoplasm that contains many nuclei, rather than being divided into individual cells each with a single nucleus....

science and medicine for hundreds of years. Since the discovery of the Plasmodium parasites which cause it, research attention has focused on their biology...

example, when talking about gametocytes of species like Plasmodium falciparum or Plasmodium vivax, which transmit malaria.[citation needed] Gametocytes...

Organisms whose life cycles rely on this process include Theileria, Babesia, Plasmodium, and Toxoplasma gondii. Sporogony is a type of sexual and asexual reproduction...

Plasmodium bigueti is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium. Like all Plasmodium species P. bigueti has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate...

Family: Plasmodiidae Genus: Hepatocystis Species: H. pteropi Binomial name Hepatocystis pteropi (Breinl, 1913) Synonyms Plasmodium pteropi Breinl, 1913...

Plasmodium gracilis is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium. Like all Plasmodium species P. gracilis has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate...

as a fully competent host of only one kind of malaria, Plasmodium garnhami. Only this Plasmodium had been demonstrated to complete sporogony by Garnham...

“acellular” moniker derives from the plasmodial stage of the life cycle: the plasmodium is a bright yellow macroscopic multinucleate coenocyte shaped in a network...

The Plasmodium species infecting primates include the parasites causing malaria in humans. Plasmodium falciparum (the cause of malignant tertian malaria)...

Hepatocystis vassali is a species of parasitic protozoa that infect mammals. The parasite was first described by Laveran in 1905. The only known host is...

Plasmodium berghei is a single-celled parasite causing rodent malaria. It is in the Plasmodium subgenus Vinckeia. Originally, isolated from thicket rats...

Fallisia siamense is a parasite in the family Garniidae. The parasite was first described by Telford in 1986. This species is found in Thailand. Not known...

blood parasites of the Apicomplexa clade. Well known examples include the Plasmodium spp. which cause malaria in humans and Theileria which causes theileriosis...

Plasmodium eylesi is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Plasmodium. Like all Plasmodium species P. eylesi has both vertebrate and insect hosts...

Plasmodium yoelii is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Vinckeia. As in all Plasmodium species, P. yoelii has both vertebrate and insect hosts...

Plasmodium fieldi is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium sub genus Plasmodium found in Malaysia. This species is related to Plasmodium ovale and Plasmodium...

feeding stage in the life cycle of certain protozoa such as malaria-causing Plasmodium falciparum and those of the Giardia group. The complementary form of the...

Plasmodium cyclopsi is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Vinckeia. Like all Plasmodium species P. cyclopsi has both vertebrate and insect hosts...

Plasmodium bertii is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Papernaia. Like all Plasmodium species P. bertii has both vertebrate and insect hosts...

malaria, exclusively found in infections caused by Plasmodium ovale or Plasmodium vivax. Plasmodium vivax induces morphologic alterations in infected host...

typical of Plasmodium falciparum. Fever occurs after an interval of two days (48-hour periodicity), typical of Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium ovale. Fever...