Two studies show that Plasmodium—the genus of protozoans that cause malaria—have an internal sense of time that synchronizes with their host’s circadian rhythms and allows the parasites to ...

A new, comprehensive map of all the genes essential for blood infections in Plasmodium knowlesi (P. knowlesi), a parasite that causes malaria in humans, has been generated. The map contains the most ...

2. The Plasmodium Parasite: Malaria is caused by parasites of the Plasmodium genus. There are five known species that can infect humans: Plasmodium falciparum, P. vivax, P. ovale, P. malariae ...