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MeSH Heading: Plasmodium falciparum
Tree Number(s): B01.043.075.380.611.561
Unique ID: D010963
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D010963
Annotation: infection = MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; coordinate with specific protozoan terms (ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN, etc) if pertinent
Scope Note: A species of protozoa that is the causal agent of falciparum malaria (MALARIA, FALCIPARUM). It is most prevalent in the tropics and subtropics.
Registry Numbers: txid5833
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2020/08/13

Allowable Qualifiers: chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

cytology (CY)

drug effects (DE)

enzymology (EN)

genetics (GE)

growth & development (GD)

immunology (IM)

isolation & purification (IP)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

parasitology (PS)

pathogenicity (PY)

physiology (PH)

radiation effects (RE)

ultrastructure (UL)

virology (VI)

Plasmodium falciparum MeSH Descriptor Data 2025