what does malaria mean
Human malaria is caused by four different species of a parasite belonging to genus Plasmodium: Plasmodium falciparum (the most deadly), Plasmodium vivax, Plasmodium malariae, and Plasmodium ovale.The last two are fairly uncommon. Many animals can get malaria, but human malaria does not spread to animals.alaria is caused by the protozoan parasite Plasmodium, which is carried by mosquitoes of the genus Anopheles. When the mosquito bites an infected person, it sucks in the parasites residing in the person's blood.