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Descriptor English:

Malaria

Descriptor Spanish:

Malaria

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Descriptor	malaria
Entry term(s)	cuartana fiebre remitente infecciones por Plasmodium paludismo terciana
Scope note:	Enfermedad protozoaria causada en los seres humanos por cuatro especies del género PLASMODIUM: P. falciparum (MALARIA FALCIPARUM), P. vivax (MALARIA VIVAX), P. ovale y P. malariae, que se trasmiten por la picadura de un mosquito hembra infectado del género Anopheles. La malaria es endémica en zonas de Asia, África, Centroamérica, Sudamérica, Oceanía y ciertas islas del Caribe. Se caracteriza por cansancio extremo asociado a crisis de FIEBRE alta, SUDORACIÓN, ESCALOFRÍOS, temblores y ANEMIA. En los ANIMALES, la malaria la causan otras especies del género Plasmodium.

Descriptor Portuguese:

Malária

Descriptor French:

Paludisme

Entry term(s):

Infections à Plasmodium
Malaria

Tree number(s):

C01.610.752.530
C01.920.852.750

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.

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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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