Plasmodium falciparum (80% of cases), Plasmodium vivax, Plasmodium ovale curtisi, Plasmodium ovale wallikeri, Plasmodium malariae, Plasmodium knowlesi: red blood cells, liver blood film: tropical – 250 million cases/year Anopheles mosquito Rhinosporidiosis: Rhinosporidium seeberi: nose, nasopharynx: biopsy India and Sri Lanka

Malaria is a mosquito-borne infectious disease that affects humans and other animals. Malaria causes symptoms that typically include fever, tiredness, vomiting, and headaches. In severe cases, it can cause jaundice, seizures, coma, or death. Symptoms usually begin ten to fifteen days after being bitten by an infected mosquito. If not properly treated, people may have …

Plasmodium malariae is a parasitic protozoan that causes malaria in humans. It is one of several species of Plasmodium parasites that infect other organisms as pathogens, also including Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax, responsible for most malarial infection. Found worldwide, it causes a so-called "benign malaria", not nearly as dangerous as that produced by …

Fue una infección por Plasmodium ovale, aunque no se pudo determinar el origen ni la especie de vector mosquito. En 2010, se produce el primer caso desde la erradicación de malaria por Plasmodium vivax, transmitida por Anopheles atroparvus, la especie de anofelino más abundante en la zona y competente para esta especie de tripanosomátido [57] .