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Descriptor English: Plasmodium malariae
Descriptor Spanish: Plasmodium malariae
Descriptor Plasmodium malariae
Scope note: Protozoo parásito que se encuentra principalmente en áreas subtropicales y templadas. Es el agente causal de la malaria cuartana. A medida que el parásito crece muestra poca actividad ameboide.
Descriptor Portuguese: Plasmodium malariae
Descriptor French: Plasmodium malariae
Tree number(s): B01.043.075.380.611.661
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D010965
Scope note: A protozoan parasite that occurs primarily in subtropical and temperate areas. It is the causal agent of quartan malaria. As the parasite grows it exhibits little ameboid activity.
Annotation: infection: coordinate IM with MALARIA (IM); coordinate with specific protozoan terms (ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN, etc) if pertinent
Allowable Qualifiers: CH chemistry
CL classification
CY cytology
DE drug effects
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PH physiology
PS parasitology
PY pathogenicity
RE radiation effects
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
DeCS ID: 11397
Unique ID: D010965
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2016/06/28
Plasmodium malariae - Preferred
Concept UI M0017000
Scope note A protozoan parasite that occurs primarily in subtropical and temperate areas. It is the causal agent of quartan malaria. As the parasite grows it exhibits little ameboid activity.
Preferred term Plasmodium malariae



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