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| Id | http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D008288
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D008288
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| Preferred Name | Malaria |
| Definitions |
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.
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| Synonyms |
Infections, Plasmodium
Plasmodium Infections
Infection, Plasmodium
Marsh Fever
Remittent Fever
Fever, Remittent
Plasmodium Infection
Paludism
Fever, Marsh
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| Type | http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#Class |
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| 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. |
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Infections, Plasmodium
Plasmodium Infections
Infection, Plasmodium
Marsh Fever
Remittent Fever
Fever, Remittent
Plasmodium Infection
Paludism
Fever, Marsh
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| prefLabel | Malaria
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| Machine permutation | MALARIA CONTROL was heading 1963-66
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| HN | MALARIA CONTROL was heading 1963-66
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| tui | T047
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| TERMUI |
T024721
T024723
T573614
T627908
T024722
T627940
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| TH |
NLM (2005)
NLM (1992)
UNK (19XX)
NLM (1986)
NLM (2006)
ORD (2010)
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| MMR | 20230601
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| notation | D008288
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| Semantic type UMLS property | |
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| FX | D000962
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| DX | 19600101
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| cui | C0024530
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| DC | 1
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| MN |
C01.920.852.750
C01.610.752.530
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| AN | 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
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| AQL | BL CF CI CL CN CO DG DH DI DT EC EH EM EN EP ET GE HI IM ME MI MO NU PA PC PP PS PX RH RT SU TH TM UR VE VI
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| OL | use MALARIA to search MALARIA CONTROL 1966
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| MDA | 19990101
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