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Malaria is caused by a protozoan parasite, Plasmodium, and is carried and spread to various persons and places by the female mosquito, Anopheles. History of Discovery: In older times it was supposed that malaria disease was caused by poisonous gases. The plasmodium germ as the causative agent of malaria was discovered in 1880 by Charles [...]

It is a parasitic flagellate inhabiting the blood and other fluids of all groups of vertebrates from fishes to mammals. It is transmitted to them by blood sucking invertebrates like insects and leeches. The adult trypanosoma consists of a fusiform body pointed at both ends. A single oral nucleus is present in the center. There [...]