Question
Biology Question on human health and disease
Cereberal malaria is caused by
A
Plasmodium ovale
B
Plasmodium vivax
C
Plasmodium falciparum
D
Plasmodium malariae
Answer
Plasmodium falciparum
Explanation
Solution
Plasmodium falciparum is the greatest killer of human beings over most parts of Africa and else where in tropics. It causes malignant (or pernicious or cerebral or tropical) tertian malaria. This malaria is most harmful. Plasmodium vivax causes benign tertian malaria. Plasmodium malariae causes quartan malaria. Plasmodium ovale is the rarest of the four species which infect man and it causes mild tertian malaria.