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Plasmodium falciparum malaria

MedGen UID:
6185
Concept ID:
C0024535
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: Malaria, Falciparum; Malaria, Plasmodium falciparum; Plasmodium falciparum Malaria
SNOMED CT: Falciparum malaria (62676009); Malignant tertian malaria (62676009); Malaria by Plasmodium falciparum (62676009); Subtertian malaria (62676009); Falciparum malaria - malignant (62676009); ST - Subtertian malaria (62676009); MT - Malignant tertian malaria (62676009); Pernicious malaria (62676009); STM - Subtertian malaria (62676009); MTM - Malignant tertian malaria (62676009); Plasmodium falciparum malaria (62676009); Malignant tertian fever (248441000)
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0005920

Definition

Malaria resulting from infection by Plasmodium falciparum. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVPlasmodium falciparum malaria

Professional guidelines

PubMed

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Recent clinical studies

Therapy

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Lancet 2023 Dec 2;402(10417):2101-2110. Epub 2023 Nov 15 doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(23)01553-2. PMID: 37979594Free PMC Article
Blanchard A, Hine P
Emergencias 2023 Apr;35(2):139-141. doi: 10.55633/s3me/E082.2023. PMID: 37038945
Datoo MS, Natama MH, Somé A, Traoré O, Rouamba T, Bellamy D, Yameogo P, Valia D, Tegneri M, Ouedraogo F, Soma R, Sawadogo S, Sorgho F, Derra K, Rouamba E, Orindi B, Ramos Lopez F, Flaxman A, Cappuccini F, Kailath R, Elias S, Mukhopadhyay E, Noe A, Cairns M, Lawrie A, Roberts R, Valéa I, Sorgho H, Williams N, Glenn G, Fries L, Reimer J, Ewer KJ, Shaligram U, Hill AVS, Tinto H
Lancet 2021 May 15;397(10287):1809-1818. Epub 2021 May 5 doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)00943-0. PMID: 33964223Free PMC Article
Isba R, Zani B, Gathu M, Sinclair D
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2015 Feb 23;2015(2):CD011547. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD011547. PMID: 25702785Free PMC Article
Hill AV
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2011 Oct 12;366(1579):2806-14. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2011.0091. PMID: 21893544Free PMC Article

Prognosis

Aljarba NH, Al-Anazi MR, Al-Hazani TM, Shafeai MI, Rudiny FH, Motaen AM, Bin Dajem SM, Alothaid H, Alghamdi J, Alkahtani S, Al-Qahtani AA
Innate Immun 2023 Jul;29(5):83-94. Epub 2023 Jun 12 doi: 10.1177/17534259231178594. PMID: 37306242Free PMC Article
Patel H, Dunican C, Cunnington AJ
Virulence 2020 Dec;11(1):199-221. doi: 10.1080/21505594.2020.1726570. PMID: 32063099Free PMC Article
Isba R, Zani B, Gathu M, Sinclair D
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2015 Feb 23;2015(2):CD011547. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD011547. PMID: 25702785Free PMC Article
Akinosoglou KS, Solomou EE, Gogos CA
Hematology 2012 Mar;17(2):106-14. doi: 10.1179/102453312X13221316477336. PMID: 22664049
Rees PH
East Afr Med J 1997 May;74(5):273-4. PMID: 9337000

Clinical prediction guides

Özbilgin A, Tunalı V, Şenol Akar Ş, Çavuş İ, Zorbozan O, Yıldırım A, Turgay N
Turkiye Parazitol Derg 2023 Dec 27;47(4):204-208. doi: 10.4274/tpd.galenos.2023.99815. PMID: 38149439
Björkman A, Benn CS, Aaby P, Schapira A
Lancet Infect Dis 2023 Aug;23(8):e318-e322. Epub 2023 Apr 20 doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(23)00126-3. PMID: 37086747
Corder RM, Arez AP, Ferreira MU
PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2023 Jan;17(1):e0011020. Epub 2023 Jan 12 doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0011020. PMID: 36634044Free PMC Article
Patel H, Dunican C, Cunnington AJ
Virulence 2020 Dec;11(1):199-221. doi: 10.1080/21505594.2020.1726570. PMID: 32063099Free PMC Article
Tran TM, Samal B, Kirkness E, Crompton PD
Trends Parasitol 2012 Jun;28(6):248-57. Epub 2012 May 15 doi: 10.1016/j.pt.2012.03.006. PMID: 22592005Free PMC Article

Recent systematic reviews

Pryce J, Taylor M, Fox T, Hine P
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2022 Jun 21;6(6):CD006404. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD006404.pub4. PMID: 35726133Free PMC Article
Blanshard A, Hine P
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2021 Jan 15;1(1):CD004529. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD004529.pub3. PMID: 33459345Free PMC Article
Zhou LJ, Xia J, Wei HX, Liu XJ, Peng HJ
Parasitol Res 2017 Feb;116(2):781-788. Epub 2016 Dec 27 doi: 10.1007/s00436-016-5353-2. PMID: 28028628
Isba R, Zani B, Gathu M, Sinclair D
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2015 Feb 23;2015(2):CD011547. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD011547. PMID: 25702785Free PMC Article
Lacerda MV, Mourão MP, Coelho HC, Santos JB
Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz 2011 Aug;106 Suppl 1:52-63. doi: 10.1590/s0074-02762011000900007. PMID: 21881757

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