Malaria parasite P. vivax (Malaria)
P. ovale, P. malariae, P. falciparum are some other forms of this parasite as well.
| Fact Table | Information: |
| Formal binomial name of microbe: | Malaria parasite P. vivax |
| Gram stain (gram positive, gram negative or neither): | Neither since Malaria are parasites. |
| Is the microbe mobile or immobile? | Immobile because it has to infect your young red blood cells to move around in your body. |
| Primary habitat? (Where is the organism normally found or prefer to live?) | Humans are the vectors, while mosquitos are the hosts. |
| Can the organism infect humans? | Yes |
| Can the organism infect other species? If so, which ones. | No. |
| Documented cases of antimicrobial resistance? | First Documented cases was in 2001, and 2013 they found a cause for one of the resistances. |
| Number of infections per year in the US | No cases in the US since 2014. |
| Number of infections per year in the world | 2017 there was an estimated 219 million cases in 87 countries |
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