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    Plasmodium falciparum is a unicellular protozoan parasite of humans, and the deadliest species of Plasmodium that causes malaria in humans. The parasite...
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    by Plasmodium species can result in disease, called malaria. This can sometimes be severe, rapidly followed by death of the host (e.g. P. falciparum in...
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  • Plasmodium falciparum erythrocyte membrane protein 1 (PfEMP1) is a family of proteins present on the membrane surface of red blood cells (RBCs or erythrocytes)...
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    develop uncomplicated or severe malaria similar to that caused by Plasmodium falciparum. Diagnosis of P. knowlesi infection is challenging as P. knowlesi...
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    Malaria (redirect from Falciparum malaria)
    reproduce. Five species of Plasmodium commonly infect humans. The three species associated with more severe cases are P. falciparum (which is responsible for...
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    that infect other organisms as pathogens, also including Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax, responsible for most malarial infection. Found worldwide...
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    example, when talking about gametocytes of species like Plasmodium falciparum or Plasmodium vivax, which transmit malaria.[citation needed] Gametocytes...
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    distributed cause of recurring malaria. Although it is less virulent than Plasmodium falciparum, the deadliest of the five human malaria parasites, P. vivax malaria...
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    into primate, rodent, bird, and reptile host lineages. The DNA of Plasmodium falciparum shows the same pattern of diversity as its human hosts, with greater...
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  • stomach or out of the mouth.[citation needed] The malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum, carried by the Anopheles gambiae mosquito, changes its host's attraction...
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    The initial focus of MAP centred on predicting the endemicity of Plasmodium falciparum, the most deadly form of the malaria parasite, due to its global...
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    fairchildi Plasmodium falciparum Plasmodium fallax Plasmodium fieldi Plasmodium fischeri Plasmodium foleyi Plasmodium formosanum Plasmodium forresteri...
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  • host immune defenses. In the case of Plasmodium, this is accomplished via the dual purpose Plasmodium falciparum erythrocyte membrane protein 1 (PfEMP1)...
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  • such as artemether and lumefantrine against chloroquine-resistant Plasmodium falciparum infection[verification needed]), since this offers advantages including...
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  • artemether and lumefantrine. It is used to treat malaria caused by Plasmodium falciparum that is not treatable with chloroquine. It is not typically used...
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    derivatives are a group of drugs used in the treatment of malaria due to Plasmodium falciparum. It was discovered in 1972 by Tu Youyou, who shared the 2015 Nobel...
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    believed to stem from a strongly protective effect against Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax malaria. It is particularly frequent in the Kurdish...
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    species of Plasmodium cause malaria in humans: Plasmodium falciparum, Plasmodium malariae, Plasmodium ovale, Plasmodium knowlesi and Plasmodium vivax (see...
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    expressed by P. falciparum. Plasmodium LDH (pLDH) from P. vivax, P. malariae, and P. ovale) exhibit 90-92% identity to PfLDH from P. falciparum. pLDH levels...
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  • Thumbnail for List of Plasmodium species infecting primates
    The Plasmodium species infecting primates include the parasites causing malaria in humans. Plasmodium falciparum (the cause of malignant tertian malaria)...
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    species of Plasmodium parasites that infect humans, including Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax which are responsible for most cases of malaria in...
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  • Gates Foundation. It is a recombinant vaccine, consisting of the Plasmodium falciparum circumsporozoite protein (CSP) from the pre-erythrocytic stage....
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    malaria and babesiosis. This includes the treatment of malaria due to Plasmodium falciparum that is resistant to chloroquine when artesunate is not available...
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    quinine, clindamycin is effective and well tolerated in treating Plasmodium falciparum malaria; the latter combination is particularly useful for children...
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  • genome since the origin of agriculture within the past 10,000 years. Plasmodium falciparum was probably not able to gain a foothold among African populations...
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    falciparum and benign quartan by P. malariae). He was the first to describe and establish the life cycle of the human malarial parasite, Plasmodium falciparum...
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    during immune defense against certain protozoan parasites such as Plasmodium falciparum. IgE may have evolved as a defense to protect against venoms. IgE...
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    is the best-known species of marsh mosquito that transmits the Plasmodium falciparum, which is a malarial parasite deadly to human beings; no other mosquito...
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    accelerated or decelerated via weather; more specifically heat. Plasmodium falciparum, for example, the parasite that is responsible for the majority...
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  • to humans, it is similar enough to Plasmodium falciparum to warrant laboratory study as a model species. Plasmodium coatneyi was first discovered in 1961...
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