Name the following :
Organisms which causes malaria.

Protozoa:

1. Protozoa are unicellular, eukaryotic heterotrophic organisms.
2. They can be free-living or can be a parasite.
3. There are various protozoa that cause diseases in animals and humans.
4. Example Plasmodium can cause malaria, and Trypanosoma causes sleeping sickness.

Malaria:

1. Malaria is caused by mosquito bites.
2. The causative agent for malaria is a parasitic protozoan Plasmodium.
3. The mosquitoes serve as their definitive host.
4. The humans are the intermediate host.
5. These organisms require the mosquitoes as a vector for transmission and a host to complete their life cycle.