Plasmodium

• PLASMODIUM spp.

  • Causative agent of Malaria,The four species that are medically important to humans are:

  • P. falciparum, P. vivax, P. ovale, and P. malariae.
• PLASMODIUM spp.

  • P. knowlesi has been described in humans in the Philippines and most of Southeast Asia, and is normally a parasite of long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis).
• PLASMODIUM spp.

  • P. falciparum – most common in the Philippines predominant species in the world (CDC,2020)
• PLASMODIUM spp.

  • P. vivax – most widely distributed malarial organism (Zeibig, 2013)
• PLASMODIUM spp.

  • Mixed infection with P. falciparum and P. vivax

  • Vector – Anopheles minimus var flavirostris (Definitive host)

  • Asexual Cycle (Schizogony) [Man:IH] (Infective stage to Man: Sporozoites)