BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION
KINGDOM PROTISTA
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Ciliophora
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Protozoa
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Apicomplexa
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Euglenophyta
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Detailed explanation-1: -Plasmodium belongs to the phylum Apicomplexa, a taxonomic group of single-celled parasites with characteristic secretory organelles at one end of the cell. Within Apicomplexa, Plasmodium is within the order Haemosporida, a group that includes all apicomplexans that live within blood cells.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Apicomplexa are a phylum of diverse obligate intracellular parasites including Plasmodium spp., the cause of malaria; Toxoplasma gondii and Cryptosporidium parvum, opportunistic pathogens of immunocompromised individuals; and Eimeria spp.
Detailed explanation-3: -The phylum Apicomplexa contains several important pathogens such as Plasmodium falciparum, the causative agent of the most dangerous form of human malaria.
Detailed explanation-4: -Plasmodium falciparum and four other Plasmodium species that affect humans cause malaria, a mosquito-transmitted, potentially deadly disease.