Spesies Plasmodium yang menyerang manusia termasuk:

• Plasmodium falciparum (punca malignant tertian malaria)
• Plasmodium vivax (punca biasa menyebabkan benign tertian malaria)
• Plasmodium ovale (lain-lain, jarang, punca benign tertian malaria)
• Plasmodium malariae (punca benign quartan malaria)
• Plasmodium knowlesi
• Plasmodium brasilianum
• Plasmodium cynomolgi
• Plasmodium inui
• Plasmodium rhodiani
• Plasmodium schweitzi
• Plasmodium semiovale
• Plasmodium simium

Rujukan umum

• Short, H. E. (1951) Life-cycle of the mammalian malaria parasite" British Medical Bulletin 8(1): pp. 7-9, (PMID 14944807);
• Baldacci, Patricia and Ménard, Robert (Oct. 2004) "The elusive malaria sporozoite in the mammalian host" Molecular Microbiology 54(2): pp. 298-306, (AN 14621725);
• Bledsoe, G. H. (December 2005) "Malaria primer for clinicians in the United States" Southern Medical Journal 98(12): pp. 1197-204 (PMID 16440920);

Some history of malaria - http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/bulletin_of_the_history_of_medicine/v079/79.2slater.html