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Descriptor English: | Malaria | ||||||
Descriptor Spanish: |
Malaria
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Descriptor Portuguese: | Malária | ||||||
Descriptor French: | Paludisme | ||||||
Entry term(s): |
Infections à Plasmodium Malaria |
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Tree number(s): |
C01.610.752.530 C01.920.852.750 |
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RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D008288 | ||||||
Scope note: | 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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Annotation: | 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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Allowable Qualifiers: |
BL sang CF liquide cérébrospinal CI induit chimiquement CL classification CN congénital CO complications DG imagerie diagnostique DH diétothérapie DI diagnostic DT traitement médicamenteux EC économie EH ethnologie EM embryologie EN enzymologie EP épidémiologie ET étiologie GE génétique HI histoire IM immunologie ME métabolisme MI microbiologie MO mortalité NU soins infirmiers PA anatomopathologie PC prévention et contrôle PP physiopathologie PS parasitologie PX psychologie RH rééducation et réadaptation RT radiothérapie SU chirurgie TH thérapie TM transmission UR urine VE médecine vétérinaire VI virologie |
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Related: |
Antipaludiques
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DeCS ID: | 8462 | ||||||
Unique ID: | D008288 | ||||||
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents | ||||||
Date Established: | 1960/01/01 | ||||||
Date of Entry: | 1999/01/01 | ||||||
Revision Date: | 2012/12/04 |
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Paludisme
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Concept UI |
M0012910 |
Preferred term | Paludisme |
Entry term(s) |
Infections à Plasmodium Malaria |
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