"Malaria" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A protozoan disease caused in humans by four species of the PLASMODIUM genus: PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PLASMODIUM OVALE; and PLASMODIUM 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.
| Descriptor ID |
D008288
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C03.752.530
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| Concept/Terms |
Malaria- Malaria
- Remittent Fever
- Fever, Remittent
- Paludism
- Plasmodium Infections
- Infections, Plasmodium
- Infection, Plasmodium
- Plasmodium Infection
- Marsh Fever
- Fever, Marsh
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Malaria" by people in this website by year, and whether "Malaria" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2007 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2008 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2009 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2011 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2012 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2013 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2014 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2015 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 2016 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 2017 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2018 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2019 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2020 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2021 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 2022 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2024 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Malaria" by people in Profiles.
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A divergent cyclic nucleotide binding protein promotes Plasmodium ookinete infection of the mosquito. PLoS Pathog. 2025 Sep; 21(9):e1013467.
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Differential ex vivo susceptibility of Plasmodium malariae and Plasmodium falciparum clinical isolates from Ghana and Mali to current and lead discovery candidate antimalarial drugs. Microbiol Spectr. 2025 Apr; 13(4):e0217624.
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Plasmodium berghei liver stage parasites exploit host GABARAP proteins for TFEB activation. Commun Biol. 2024 Nov 21; 7(1):1554.
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Post-Artesunate Delayed Hemolysis in Pediatric Malaria Patients in the United States. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2024 Nov 04; 13(10):533-536.
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Malaria and other infections induce polyreactive antibodies that impact SARS-CoV-2 seropositivity estimations in endemic settings. J Med Virol. 2024 06; 96(6):e29713.
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A systematic review on malaria and dengue vaccines for the effective management of these mosquito borne diseases: Improving public health. Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2024 12 31; 20(1):2337985.
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Using serological diagnostics to characterize remaining high-incidence pockets of malaria in forest-fringe Cambodia. Malar J. 2024 Feb 15; 23(1):49.
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Nonclassical mechanisms to irreversibly suppress ?-hematin crystal growth. Commun Biol. 2023 07 27; 6(1):783.
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Comparative Susceptibility of Plasmodium ovale and Plasmodium falciparum Field Isolates to Reference and Lead Candidate Antimalarial Drugs in Ghana. Microbiol Spectr. 2023 06 15; 11(3):e0491622.
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Promise of new malaria vaccines. BMJ. 2022 10 14; 379:o2462.