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Malaria

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A protozoan infection caused by the genus Plasmodium. There are four species of Plasmodium that can infect humans: Plasmodium falciparum, vivax, ovale, and malariae. It is transmitted to humans by infected mosquitoes. Signs and symptoms include paroxysmal high fever, sweating, chills, and anemia. [ ]

Term info

Label

Malaria

Synonyms
  • Malaria
Subsets

NCIT_C90259, NCIT_C118464, NCIT_C128453, NCIT_C158035, NCIT_C158520, NCIT_C156952, NCIT_C96388

ALT DEFINITION

Plasmodium parasite infection, characterized by fever, flu-like symptoms, anemia, and jaundice, that may be transmitted through infected mosquito bites, blood transfusion, organ transplant, contaminated needles or syringes, or before or during birth.

Contributing Source

MedDRA, NICHD, CPTAC

Has NICHD Parent

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C34953

Maps To

Malaria

Preferred Name

Malaria

Semantic Type

Disease or Syndrome

UMLS CUI

C0024530

code

C34797

Term relations

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