Organisms

Plasmodium malariae

A protozoan parasite that occurs primarily in subtropical and temperate areas. It is the causal agent of quartan malaria. As the parasite grows it exhibits little ameboid activity.

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A protozoan parasite that occurs primarily in subtropical and temperate areas. It is the causal agent of quartan malaria. As the parasite grows it exhibits little ameboid activity.

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17 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings chemistry, classification, cytology, drug effects, enzymology, genetics, growth & development, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, microbiology, parasitology, pathogenicity, physiology, radiation effects, ultrastructure, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

infection: coordinate IM with MALARIA (IM); coordinate with specific protozoan terms (ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN, etc) if pertinent

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  1. B01w.043w.075w.380w.611w.661w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Plasmodium malariae. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D010965. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D010965
  2. Plasmodium malariae. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plasmodium_malariae
  3. Plasmodium malariae. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q133969