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Every year, up to 1 million people die due to this mosquito borne disease called Malaria. Back then, people had believed that Malaria came from the bad air from swamps, since "Malaria" had came from the greek word "Mal" which meant "bad" and "aria" which meant air. Later on, a French army surgeon named Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran had discovered darkly pigmented granules in the blood of patients with malaria. He then sormised correctly that these pigmented granuels were parasites and that they were causing the disease. Malaria is caused by the protozan parasite of the genus pasmodium, it is a vertor- borne caused by the protozan parasite. This virus is caused when a mosquito carrying the parasite takes a bit into you, these parasties mix up with the mosquito saliva, injects into the person being bitten. The parasite then multiplies in the red blood cells, causing different symptoms.

There are different types of mosquites that carry malaria, the four different plasmodiums are : Scientist have discovered that plasmodium falciarum had caused the most deaths and occurs mostly in Africa. Plasmodium vivax isnt life threatening, and can be found in India. Plasmodium ovale can also be found in Africa. And plasmodium malariae is rare but occurs everywhere.
 * 1) Plasmodium Falciparum
 * 2) Plasmodium Vivax
 * 3) Plasmodium Ovale
 * 4) Plasmodium malriae

Fortunately, Malaria is a mosquitoe borne disease and cannot be spread from person to person, but that doesnt mean its not dangerous, these mosquitoes may breed and increase the chances of getting malaria. question: What were the four different types of plasmodiums?