The PEDIGREE of
Malarial merozoite (in human red-blood cell)

     (infect human bloodstream, can be fatal)

 "Child(ren)":       Malaria DISEASE
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/-- Family Plasmodiidae   +====> [ 72]
/-- Genus Plasmodium (malarial parasite)
/-- Subgenus Laverania
/-- Plasmodium falciparum (Malaria parasite)
/-- Malarial schizont, q.v.
/-- Malarial gametocyte (in mosquito midgut)
/-- Malarial macrogametocyte (in mosquito midgut)
/  \-- Infected human bitten by mosquito
/-- Malarial ookinete
/-- Malarial oocyst
/-- Malarial sporozoite (in mosquito salivary gland)
/-- Mosquito bite
/-- Malarial sporozoite (in human liver)
/-- Suborder Nematocera (Gnats etc.)   +====> [ 88]
/-- Infraorder Culicomorpha (Mosquitoes, Black Flies, etc.)
/-- Superfamily Culicoidea
/-- Family Culicidae (Mosquitoes)
/-- Subfamily Anophelinae (Malaria vectors & kin)
/-- Genus Anopheles (Malarial Mosquito)
/-- Subgenus Anopheles
/-- Angusticorn Section
/-- Anopheles Series
/-- Anopheles gambiae complex
/  \-- Anopheles gambiae sensu stricto (Malaria vector)
/-- Malarial hypnozoite
/   / (skip this generation?)
/-- Malarial trophozoite
/-- Malarial schizont
/  
- Malarial merozoite (in human red-blood cell)
 

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