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Malaria

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Definition: 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.  GEN or unspecified; specify Plasmodium species IM if possible but note P. falciparum malaria   
See Also Antimalarials
Examples Malaria, Avian; Malaria, Cerebral; Malaria, Falciparum; Malaria, Vivax 		Other names Remittent Fever; Plasmodium Infections; Marsh Fever; Plasmodium Infection; Infection, Plasmodium; Fever, Remittent; Fever, Marsh; Paludism; Infections, Plasmodium
 
SubstanceCAS Registry & nameCategoriesSource
Acute malaria  0   *Malaria.
yingzhaosu A  73301-54-9   *Peroxides *Sesquiterpenes Malaria Annonaceae. J Med Chem 2002 Oct 10;45(21):4732-6
yingzhaosu C  121067-52-5 1,2-Dioxane-3-methanol, alpha,alpha,6-trimethyl-6-(4-methylphenyl)-, (3R-trans)  *Peroxides *Sesquiterpenes Malaria Annonaceae Artemisinins. Sci China (B) 1989;32(7):800
Pb44 antigen  0   *Antigens, Protozoan Antigens, Surface Malaria/immunology. J Exp Med 1981;154(4):1225
hemozoin  39404-00-7   *Hemeproteins Antimalarials Malaria Pigments, Biological. Bull WHO 55(2-3):269;1977; Exp Parasitol 48(1):61;1979

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