Plasmodium

See also: plasmodium

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From English plasmodium.

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Plasmodium n

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Plasmodiidae – parasitic protozoans which include those causing malaria.
    • 2013 January, Katie L. Burke, “Ecological Dependency”, in American Scientist‎[1], volume 101, number 1 (in English), United States: Sigma Xi, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 9 February 2017, page 64:
      With verve and clarity, he details mathematical epidemiological models, the life cycle of the malaria-causing Plasmodium and the relation between transmission and virulence.

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