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Descriptor
English
:
Malaria
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Malaria
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Malária
Synonyms
English
:
Marsh Fever
Plasmodium Infections
Remittent Fever
Tree Number:
C03.752.530
SP4.001.012.118.094
Definition
English
:
A protozoan
disease
caused in
humans
by four species of the
PLASMODIUM
genus:
PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM
;
PLASMODIUM VIVAX
;
PLASMODIUM OVALE
; and
PLASMODIUM MALARIAE
; and transmitted by the bite of an infected
female
mosquito of the genus
ANOPHELES
.
Malaria
is endemic in parts of Asia,
Africa
, Central and
South America
,
Oceania
, and certain Caribbean
islands
. It is characterized by extreme exhaustion associated with paroxysms of high FEVER;
SWEATING
; shaking
CHILLS
; and
ANEMIA
.
Malaria
in
ANIMALS
is caused by other species of plasmodia.
Indexing Annotation
English
:
GEN or unspecified; specify
Plasmodium
species IM if possible but note P. falciparum
malaria
=
MALARIA
, FALCIPARUM; P. vivax
malaria
=
MALARIA
, VIVAX; tertian
malaria
=
MALARIA
, VIVAX, quartan
malaria
: coord IM with
PLASMODIUM MALARIAE
(IM); malariotherapy = HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED: do not confuse with
MALARIA
/ther; /drug ther: consider also
ANTIMALARIALS
See Related
English
:
Antimalarials
History Note
English
:
MALARIA CONTROL was heading 1963-66
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
BL
blood
CF
cerebrospinal fluid
CI
chemically induced
CL
classification
CO
complications
CN
congenital
DI
diagnosis
DH
diet therapy
DT
drug therapy
EC
economics
EM
embryology
EN
enzymology
EP
epidemiology
EH
ethnology
ET
etiology
GE
genetics
HI
history
IM
immunology
ME
metabolism
MI
microbiology
MO
mortality
NU
nursing
PS
parasitology
PA
pathology
PP
physiopathology
PC
prevention & control
PX
psychology
RA
radiography
RI
radionuclide imaging
RT
radiotherapy
RH
rehabilitation
SU
surgery
TH
therapy
TM
transmission
US
ultrasonography
UR
urine
VE
veterinary
VI
virology
Record Number:
8462
Unique Identifier:
D008288
Occurrence in VHL
:
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