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MeSH Heading: Malaria, Falciparum
Tree Number(s): C01.610.752.530.650; C01.920.875.650
Unique ID: D016778
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D016778
Scope Note: Malaria caused by PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM. This is the severest form of malaria and is associated with the highest levels of parasites in the blood. This disease is characterized by irregularly recurring febrile paroxysms that in extreme cases occur with acute cerebral, renal, or gastrointestinal manifestations.
Entry Term(s): Plasmodium falciparum Malaria
Previous Indexing: Malaria (1966-1991)
Public MeSH Note: 1992
History Note: 1992
Date Established: 1992/01/01
Date of Entry: 1991/05/02
Revision Date: 2019/06/10

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)

Malaria, Falciparum MeSH Descriptor Data 2023