Plasmodium Infections
《英文msh詞典》Plasmodium Infections
[同義詞] Plasmodium Infections
[主題詞] Malaria
[中文釋義] 瘧原蟲感染
[英文釋義] A protozoan disease caused in humans by four species of the genus PLASMODIUM (P. falciparum (MALARIA,FALCIPARUM); P. vivax (MALARIA,VIVAX); P. ovale,and P. 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.