Plasmodia

1·Although plasmodia are ultimately responsible for malaria and its deadly consequences, the disease spreads through mosquito bites.

尽管疟原虫是导致患上疟疾及其死亡后果的罪魁祸首，但这种疾病是通过蚊子的叮咬传播的。

2·In 2008, the mosquito-borne parasites that cause the illness, Plasmodia, infected 247 million people and caused almost one million deaths.

2008年，一种靠蚊虫传播的疟原虫感染了2.47亿人，最终造成近一百万人死亡。