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Descriptor English: Plasmodium knowlesi
Descriptor Spanish: Plasmodium knowlesi
Descriptor Plasmodium knowlesi
Scope note: Protozoo parásito del sureste asiático que produce la malaria en monos. El hombre lo adquiere de manera natural en Malasia y también puede ser transmitido a humanos experimentalmente.
Descriptor Portuguese: Plasmodium knowlesi
Descriptor French: Plasmodium knowlesi
Entry term(s): Plasmodium knowlesus
knowlesi, Plasmodium
Tree number(s): B01.043.075.380.611.610
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D016790
Scope note: A protozoan parasite from Southeast Asia that causes monkey malaria. It is naturally acquired by man in Malaysia and can also be transmitted experimentally to humans.
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
Previous Indexing: Plasmodium (1966-1991)
Public MeSH Note: 92
History Note: 92
DeCS ID: 29886
Unique ID: D016790
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Date Established: 1992/01/01
Date of Entry: 1991/05/02
Revision Date: 2016/06/28
Plasmodium knowlesi - Preferred
Concept UI M0025583
Scope note A protozoan parasite from Southeast Asia that causes monkey malaria. It is naturally acquired by man in Malaysia and can also be transmitted experimentally to humans.
Preferred term Plasmodium knowlesi
Entry term(s) Plasmodium knowlesus
knowlesi, Plasmodium



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