A report on Plasmodium vivax
Protozoal parasite and a human pathogen.
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Malaria
14 linksMosquito-borne infectious disease that affects humans and other animals.
Mosquito-borne infectious disease that affects humans and other animals.
Most deaths are caused by P. falciparum, whereas P. vivax, P. ovale, and P. malariae generally cause a milder form of malaria.
Plasmodium falciparum
7 linksUnicellular protozoan parasite of humans, and the deadliest species of Plasmodium that causes malaria in humans.
Unicellular protozoan parasite of humans, and the deadliest species of Plasmodium that causes malaria in humans.
In 1900, the Italian zoologist Giovanni Battista Grassi categorized Plasmodium species based on the timing of fever in the patient; malignant tertian malaria was caused by Laverania malariae (now P. falciparum), benign tertian malaria by Haemamoeba vivax (now P. vivax), and quartan malaria by Haemamoeba malariae (now P. malariae).
Plasmodium
6 linksGenus of unicellular eukaryotes that are obligate parasites of vertebrates and insects.
Genus of unicellular eukaryotes that are obligate parasites of vertebrates and insects.
Over the course of the 20th century, many other species were discovered in various hosts and classified, including five species that regularly infect humans: P. vivax, P. falciparum, P. malariae, P. ovale, and P. knowlesi.
Antimalarial medication
7 linksAntimalarial medications or simply antimalarials are a type of antiparasitic chemical agent, often naturally derived, that can be used to treat or to prevent malaria, in the latter case, most often aiming at two susceptible target groups, young children and pregnant women.
Antimalarial medications or simply antimalarials are a type of antiparasitic chemical agent, often naturally derived, that can be used to treat or to prevent malaria, in the latter case, most often aiming at two susceptible target groups, young children and pregnant women.
Quinine is an alkaloid that acts as a blood schizonticidal and weak gametocide against Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium malariae.
Plasmodium ovale
5 linksSpecies of parasitic protozoa that causes tertian malaria in humans.
Species of parasitic protozoa that causes tertian malaria in humans.
It is one of several species of Plasmodium parasites that infect humans including Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax which are responsible for most malarial infection.
Chloroquine
5 linksMedication primarily used to prevent and treat malaria in areas where malaria remains sensitive to its effects.
Medication primarily used to prevent and treat malaria in areas where malaria remains sensitive to its effects.
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Duffy antigen system
2 linksProtein that in humans is encoded by the ACKR1 gene.
Protein that in humans is encoded by the ACKR1 gene.
The protein is also the receptor for the human malarial parasites Plasmodium vivax, Plasmodium knowlesi and simian malarial parasite Plasmodium cynomolgi.
Primaquine
4 linksMedication used to treat and prevent malaria and to treat Pneumocystis pneumonia.
Medication used to treat and prevent malaria and to treat Pneumocystis pneumonia.
Specifically it is used for malaria due to Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium ovale along with other medications and for prevention if other options cannot be used.
Plasmodium malariae
4 linksParasitic protozoan that causes malaria in humans.
Parasitic protozoan that causes malaria in humans.
It is one of several species of Plasmodium parasites that infect other organisms as pathogens, also including Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax, responsible for most malarial infection.
Mefloquine
3 linksMedication used to prevent or treat malaria.
Medication used to prevent or treat malaria.
Mefloquine is used as a treatment for chloroquine-sensitive or resistant Plasmodium falciparum malaria, and is deemed a reasonable alternative for uncomplicated chloroquine-resistant Plasmodium vivax malaria.