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Malaria is caused by _________ .

Malaria is caused by plasmodium. Plasmodium is the malarial parasite which is transmitted through the female anopheles mosquito. Different species of plasmodium cause different kind of malaria like Plasmodium falciparum which cause malignant malaria which is considered to be fatal.

Taxonomically, plasmodium is a protozoan which comes under kingdom Protista.