Malaria is an infectious disease caused by a unicellular eukaryotic organism belonging to the genus Plasmodium. These eukaryotic
organisms are transmitted from one person to another by the female Anopheles mosquito when it feeds on human blood. Within humans, the Plasmodium species destroy red blood cells. A chemical compound called quinine has been used in developing effective drugs against malaria. The relationship between Plasmodium and humans would be
Parasitism is the relationship that is present between Plasmodium and humans because one organism takes benefit from the other whereas the other get harmed by the other. In Plasmodium and humans relationship, human gets harmed from the mosquito by having malarial disease, while on the other hand, mosquito is benefitted by sucking of blood which is a food source for mosquitoes.
