Antijeni ya Plasmodium

Malariya (mu magambo make Mal) iterwa na Plasmodium, ikaba ari ikiremwa cy’umubiri gifite akaremangingo kamwe k’amaraso, harimo Plasmodium falciparum, Plasmodium vivax, Plasmodium malariae Laveran, na Plasmodium ovale Stephens. Ni indwara iterwa n’umubu kandi ikwirakwira mu maraso ikangiza ubuzima bw’abantu cyane. Mu dukoko dutera malariya mu bantu, Plasmodium falciparum ni yo yica abantu benshi kandi ikunze kugaragara cyane muri Afurika yo munsi y’ubutayu bwa Sahara kandi itera impfu nyinshi za malariya ku isi. Plasmodium vivax ni yo ndwara yiganjemo malariya mu bihugu byinshi bitari Afurika yo munsi y’ubutayu bwa Sahara.