Preferred Name

Malaria [Disease/Finding]

Synonyms
ID

http://evs.nci.nih.gov/ftp1/NDF-RT/NDF-RT.owl#N0000001924

code

C4026

Display_Name

Malaria

imported from

http://evs.nci.nih.gov/ftp1/NDF-RT/NDF-RT.owl

label

Malaria [Disease/Finding]

MeSH_CUI

M0012910

MeSH_Definition

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.

MeSH_DUI

D008288

MeSH_Name

Malaria

NUI

N0000001924

prefixIRI

NDF-RT:N0000001924

prefLabel

Malaria [Disease/Finding]

RxNorm_CUI

1025176

SNOMED_CID

105649009

186797008

61462000

Synonym

Infections, Plasmodium

Plasmodium Infections

Remittent Fever

Marsh Fever

Paludism

UMLS_CUI

C0024530

subClassOf

http://evs.nci.nih.gov/ftp1/NDF-RT/NDF-RT.owl#N0000002508

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