vivax 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

• Plasmodium vivax — Mature P. vivax trophozoite Scientific classification Kingdom: Protista …   Wikipedia

• 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

• Plasmodium vivax — Malaria parasite Malaria parasite Any of several minute protozoans of the genus {Plasmodium} (syn. {H[ae]matozo[ o]n}) which in their adult condition live in the tissues of mosquitoes of the genus {Anopheles} (which see) and when transferred to… …   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

• Malaria — An infectious disease caused by protozoan parasites from the Plasmodium family that can be transmitted by the sting of the Anopheles mosquito or by a contaminated needle or transfusion. Falciparum malaria is the most deadly type. The symptoms of… …   Medical dictionary

• History of malaria — The history of malaria predates humanity, as this ancient disease evolved before humans did. Malaria, a widespread and potentially lethal infectious disease, has afflicted people for much of human history, and has affected settlement patterns.… …   Wikipedia

• Malaria — Classification and external resources Ring forms and gametocytes of Plasmodium falciparum in human blood. ICD 10 B …   Wikipedia

• malaria — malarial, malarian, malarious, adj. /meuh lair ee euh/, n. 1. Pathol. any of a group of diseases, usually intermittent or remittent, characterized by attacks of chills, fever, and sweating: formerly supposed to be due to swamp exhalations but now …   Universalium

• Plasmodium — The parasite guilty in the case of malaria (paludism). Plasmodium is a type of protozoa, a single celled organism able to divide only within a host cell. * * * A genus of the protozoan family Plasmodidae (suborder Haemosporina, subclass Coccidia) …   Medical dictionary

• Antimalarial drug — Antimalarial drugs are designed to prevent or cure malaria. Some antimalarial agents, particularly chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine, are also used in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and lupus associated arthritis. There are many of these… …   Wikipedia