Linked from

The 17 pages that link to Plasmodium, each with the reason it gives.

• MalariaBroader topic: Species in this genus cause malaria and alternate between human and mosquito hosts.

• ParasiteBroader topic: Its two-host life cycle illustrates how parasites can depend on vectors.

• ProtistBroader topic: Plasmodium shows how a protist can cause disease through a complex host-dependent life cycle.

• Host specificityBroader topic: Different Plasmodium species vary in the vertebrate hosts they infect.

• Intermediate hostBroader topic: Humans host its asexual stages before mosquitoes support sexual reproduction.

• AnophelesRelated: Anopheles mosquitoes transmit Plasmodium parasites during blood feeding.

• Plasmodium falciparumNarrower topic: P. falciparum is one species within this diverse parasite genus.

• SAR supergroupBroader topic: Its placement within alveolates links a major human pathogen to the SAR lineage.

• ApicomplexaBroader topic: Its malaria-causing species are familiar examples, but the genus represents only one branch of the phylum.

• CinchonaRelated: Quinine's antimalarial effect targets stages in the parasite's life cycle.

• Definitive hostBroader topic: Mosquitoes are definitive hosts because sexual reproduction occurs in them.

• Ronald RossRelated: Ross found malaria parasites developing inside mosquitoes after they fed on infected birds.

• ParasitologyBroader topic: Its multi-host life cycle makes it a defining parasitological case.

• Charles Louis Alphonse LaveranBroader topic: Laveran identified malaria parasites in the blood of infected patients.

• Parasite ecologyBroader topic: Malaria links parasite transmission to mosquito ecology, human behavior, and environmental conditions.

• ProtozoaBroader topic: Its life cycle illustrates how a protozoan parasite can depend on multiple hosts.

• TrypanosomaCompared with: It causes another major vector-borne parasitic disease but belongs to a different lineage.