Diseases

Blackwater Fever

A complication of MALARIA, FALCIPARUM characterized by the passage of dark red to black urine.

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Structured Summary

Abstract

A complication of MALARIA, FALCIPARUM characterized by the passage of dark red to black urine.

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Synonyms

11 entry terms
  • Black Water Fever
  • Malaria, Hemolytic
  • Black Water Fevers
  • Blackwater Fevers
  • Fever, Black Water
  • Fever, Blackwater
  • Fevers, Black Water
  • Fevers, Blackwater
  • Hemolytic Malaria
  • Hemolytic Malarias
  • Malarias, Hemolytic

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Aspects Covered

36 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, transmission, urine, veterinary, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

do not confuse with BLACK FEVER see LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL or AMAZON BLACK FEVER see HEPATITIS D

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History Note

1991(1975)

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Tree Numbers

  1. C01w.610w.752w.530w.650.228w
  2. C01w.920.852w.750w.650.228w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Blackwater Fever. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D001742. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D001742
  2. Blackwater Fever. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackwater_fever
  3. Blackwater Fever. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q265420