Four Plasmodium species (Plasmodium falciparum, Plasmodium vivax, Plasmodium ovale and Plasmodium malariae) give disease in humans, and humans are their only relevant reservoir.
Pri ljudeh povzročajo bolezen štiri vrste plazmodijev (Plasmodium falciparum, Plasmodium vivax, Plasmodium ovale in Plasmodium malariae), ljudje pa so tudi njihov edini pomembni rezervoar.