Gw mau tau Spesies menurut subgenera dari Plasmodium

Spesies Plasmodium yang menyerang manusia termasuk:

Plasmodium falciparum (sumber malaria tersiana maligna (Malaria Tropica))

Plasmodium vivax (sumber yang biasa menyebabkan malaria tersiana benigna)

Plasmodium ovale (lain-lain, jarang, sumber malaria tersiana benigna, dan juga malaria pernisiosa)

Plasmodium malariae (sumber malaria kuartana benigna)

Short, H. E. (1951) Life-cycle of the mammalian malaria parasite" British Medical Bulletin 8(1): pp. 7-9, (PMID 14944807);

Baldacci, Patricia and Ménard, Robert (Oct. 2004) "The elusive malaria sporozoite in the mammalian host" Molecular Microbiology'' 54(2): pp. 298-306, (AN 14621725);

Bledsoe, G. H. (December 2005) "Malaria primer for clinicians in the United States" Southern Medical Journal 98(12): pp. 1197-204  (PMID 16440920);

Some history of malaria - http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/bulletin_of_the_history_of_medicine/v079/79.2slater.html