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Last uploaded: March 22, 2026
Id http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D008288
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D008288
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.
Synonyms
Infections, Plasmodium
Plasmodium Infections
Infection, Plasmodium
Marsh Fever
Remittent Fever
Fever, Remittent
Plasmodium Infection
Paludism
Fever, Marsh
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