KnowraPlasmodiumLinked fromLinked fromThe 17 pages that link to Plasmodium, each with the reason it gives.All 17Broader topic 12Related 3Narrower topic 1Compared with 1MalariaBroader 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.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.Definitive hostBroader topic: Mosquitoes are definitive hosts because sexual reproduction occurs in them.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.