Parasitology

- Plasmodium vivax is responsible for benign tertian malaria, which is characterized by a cycle of fever every 48 hours.
- Plasmodium oval causes a similar form of malaria, but it is rarer and less common than \textit{Plasmodium vivax}.
- Plasmodium falciparum is responsible for malignant tertian malaria, which is more severe and can cause life-threatening complications.
- Plasmodium malaria causes quartan malaria, with a fever cycle every 72 hours.