**1. Introduction**

10 Malaria Parasites

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to be conquered disease.

**10. References** 

*Plasmodium* is a genus of parasitic protists. Infection by these organisms in known as malaria. The genus *plasmodium* was described in 1885 by Ettore Marchiafava and Angelo Celli. Currently over 200 species of this genus are recognized and new species continue to be described.[1]

Of the over 200 known species of *plasmodium.* At least 11 species infect humans. Other species infect other animals, including monkeys, rodents, and reptiles. The parasite always has two hosts in its life cycle: a mosquito vector and a vertebrate host.[2]
