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April 16th, 2009 at 5:19 am
There are four types of human malaria: Plasmodium falciparum; Plasmodium vivax; Plasmodium malariae; Plasmodium ovale.
April 16th, 2009 at 5:47 am
17 types, but I have no idea.
April 16th, 2009 at 6:33 am
Four types affect humans
(although most deaths are attributed to only two of them)
April 16th, 2009 at 6:51 pm
4 types. I think that with one of the types it comes back and you never fully get rid of it.
April 17th, 2009 at 12:01 pm
And the answer is …
Four.
Four types of malaria infect humans, although only two types cause most deaths. Of those deaths, most occur among young children in Africa.
(Source: cdc.gov/malaria/biology/index.htm, November 2008)