Malaria is caused by an organism belonging to which group?

1. The causative organism of malaria is Plasmodium. 2. Plasmodium is described as a tiny protozoan. 3. So malaria is a protozoan disease, not bacterial or fungal. 4. Ringworm is the fungal example and ascariasis the helminth example in the same chapter. _Source: syllabus Biology Ch7 'Human Health and Disease', section 7.1_