 Malaria
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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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D008288
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C03.752.530
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| Concept/Terms |
Malaria- Malaria
- Remittent Fever
- Fever, Remittent
- Paludism
- Plasmodium Infections
- Infections, Plasmodium
- Infection, Plasmodium
- Plasmodium Infection
- Marsh Fever
- Fever, Marsh
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Malaria" by people in this website by year, and whether "Malaria" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Malaria" by people in Profiles.
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Searle AR, Hurley EA, Doumbia SO, Winch PJ. "They Merely Prescribe and I Merely Swallow": Perceptions of Antenatal Pharmaceuticals and Nutritional Supplements Among Pregnant Women in Bamako, Mali. Matern Child Health J. 2020 Jan; 24(1):110-120.
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Hurley EA, Harvey SA, Rao N, Diarra NH, Klein MC, Diop SI, Doumbia SO. Underreporting and Missed Opportunities for Uptake of Intermittent Preventative Treatment of Malaria in Pregnancy (IPTp) in Mali. PLoS One. 2016; 11(8):e0160008.
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Klein MC, Harvey SA, Diarra H, Hurley EA, Rao N, Diop S, Doumbia S. "There is no free here, you have to pay": actual and perceived costs as barriers to intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy in Mali. Malar J. 2016 Mar 12; 15:158.
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Gordon S, Brennessel DJ, Goldstein JA, Rosner F. Malaria. A city hospital experience. Arch Intern Med. 1988 Jul; 148(7):1569-71.
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