falciparum fever

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• Fever — Although a fever technically is any body temperature above the normal of 98.6 degrees F. (37 degrees C.), in practice a person is usually not considered to have a significant fever until the temperature is above 100.4 degrees F (38 degrees C.).… …   Medical dictionary

• Falciparum malaria — The most dangerous type of malaria. Persons carrying the sickle cell gene have some protection against malaria. Persons with a gene for hemoglobin C (another abnormal hemoglobin like sickle hemoglobin), thalassemia trait or deficiency of the… …   Medical dictionary

• Plasmodium falciparum — Blood smear of Plasmodium falciparum (gametocytes sexual forms) Scientific classification Domain …   Wikipedia

• blackwater fever — n a rare febrile complication of repeated malarial attacks that is marked by destruction of blood cells with hemoglobinuria and extensive kidney damage * * * a rare and serious complication of malignant tertian (falciparum) malaria in which there …   Medical dictionary

• Blackwater fever — is a complication of malaria characterized by intravascular haemolysis, haemoglobinuria and kidney failure. Blackwater fever is caused by heavy parasitization of red blood cells with Plasmodium falciparum . There has been at least one case,… …   Wikipedia

• blackwater fever — Pathol. a severe form of malaria characterized by kidney damage and hemoglobinuria resulting in urine that is dark red or black. [1880 85] * * * ▪ pathology also called  malarial hemoglobinuria         one of the less common yet most dangerous… …   Universalium

• Plasmodium falciparum — blackwater lack wa*ter n. any of several human or animal diseases characterized by dark urine resulting from rapid breakdown of red blood cells; used especially of {blackwater fever}, a severe form of malaria caused by the blood parasite… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• blackwater fever — blackwater lack wa*ter n. any of several human or animal diseases characterized by dark urine resulting from rapid breakdown of red blood cells; used especially of {blackwater fever}, a severe form of malaria caused by the blood parasite… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Малярия (Malaria, Marsh Fever, Periodic Fever, Paludism), Агью (Ague) — инфекционное заболевание, развивающееся при попадании простейших из рода Plasmodium (P. falciparum, Р. malariae, P. ovale или Р. vivax) в эритроциты крови человека. Болезнь передается через комаров рода Anopheles, причем чаще всего встречается в… …   Медицинские термины

• subtertian fever — a form of malaria resulting from repeated infection by Plasmodium falciparum and characterized by continuous fever …   Medical dictionary

• blackwater fever — a rare and serious complication of malignant (falciparum) malaria in which there is massive destruction of the red blood cells, leading to the presence of the blood pigment haemoglobin in the urine. The condition is probably brought on by… …   The new mediacal dictionary