Malaria is spread by mosquitoes that are carrying a single-celled parasite called plasmodium. |
The disease is caused by four types of plasmodium, a single-cell parasite transmitted via mosquitoes. |
After a few days, the plasmodium cleaves into multinucleate portions, each of which develops into a zoosporangium. |
The most deadly form of malaria is caused by the parasite plasmodium falciparum, which kills one child every 20 seconds. |
The plasmodium of the true slime mold Physarum polycephalum is a multinucleate organism not subdivided into cells. |
Mosquitoes are the vector transmitting the deadly parasite plasmodium, which causes the disease. |