Malaria mainly spreads by the bite of Anopheles mosquitoes carrying the parasite called Plasmodium. The parasite mainly infects and completes its life cycle within red blood cells. The main symptoms include fever, head ache and in severe case it may result in death of the patient. There are 4 main species of plasmodium which infects the Anopheles mosquitoes. P.falciparum causes severe form of malaria, while P.vivax, P.ovale and P.malariae causes less milder disease. These three combined species together are named as pan species.
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