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MeSH Heading: Malaria
Tree Number(s): C01.610.752.530; C01.920.852.750
Unique ID: D008288
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D008288
Annotation: general or unspecified; prefer specifics; specify Plasmodium species if possible but note P. falciparum malaria equals MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; P. vivax malaria equals MALARIA, VIVAX; tertian malaria equals MALARIA, VIVAX, quartan malaria: coordinate with PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; malariotherapy equals HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED: do not confuse with MALARIA /‌ther
Scope Note: 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.
Entry Term(s): Infections, Plasmodium; Marsh Fever; Paludism; Plasmodium Infections; Remittent Fever
See Also: Antimalarials
Public MeSH Note: MALARIA CONTROL was heading 1963-66
Online Note: use MALARIA to search MALARIA CONTROL 1966
History Note: MALARIA CONTROL was heading 1963-66
Date Established: 1960/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2023/06/01

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

transmission (TM)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0012910
Scope Note: 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.
Terms: Malaria Preferred Term
Term UI T024721
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; Infections, Plasmodium
Term UI T024722
Date11/26/1991
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1992); Plasmodium Infections
Term UI T024723
Date03/30/1974
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Paludism
Term UI T573614
Date02/20/2004
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2005); Remittent Fever
Term UI T627908
Date01/14/2005
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2006); Marsh Fever
Term UI T627940
Date01/14/2005
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2006)

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