Concept information
Preferred term
Plasmodium
Type
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Definition
- A genus of protozoa that comprise the malaria parasites of mammals. Four species infect humans (although occasional infections with primate malarias may occur). These are PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PLASMODIUM OVALE, and PLASMODIUM VIVAX. Species causing infection in vertebrates other than man include: PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PLASMODIUM CHABAUDI; P. vinckei, and PLASMODIUM YOELII in rodents; P. brasilianum, PLASMODIUM CYNOMOLGI; and PLASMODIUM KNOWLESI in monkeys; and PLASMODIUM GALLINACEUM in chickens.
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Narrower concepts
Entry terms
- txid5820
Allowable Qualifier(s)
- chemistry (Qualifier)
- classification (Qualifier)
- cytology (Qualifier)
- drug effects (Qualifier)
- enzymology (Qualifier)
- genetics (Qualifier)
- growth & development (Qualifier)
- immunology (Qualifier)
- isolation & purification (Qualifier)
- metabolism (Qualifier)
- microbiology (Qualifier)
- parasitology (Qualifier)
- pathogenicity (Qualifier)
- physiology (Qualifier)
- radiation effects (Qualifier)
- ultrastructure (Qualifier)
- virology (Qualifier)
In other languages
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French
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txid5820
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-CDLZ3QV5-4
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