"Malaria, Falciparum" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Malaria caused by PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM. This is the severest form of malaria and is associated with the highest levels of parasites in the blood. This disease is characterized by irregularly recurring febrile paroxysms that in extreme cases occur with acute cerebral, renal, or gastrointestinal manifestations.
| Descriptor ID |
D016778
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C03.752.530.650
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| Concept/Terms |
Malaria, Falciparum- Malaria, Falciparum
- Plasmodium falciparum Malaria
- Malaria, Plasmodium falciparum
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Malaria, Falciparum" by people in this website by year, and whether "Malaria, Falciparum" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2014 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2016 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2017 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2018 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2019 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2020 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2021 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2022 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2025 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Malaria, Falciparum" by people in Profiles.
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Fc?R binding differentially contributes to protection by two human monoclonal antibodies targeting Plasmodium falciparum circumsporozoite protein. Sci Transl Med. 2025 Apr 23; 17(795):eadk6745.
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A dynamin-like protein in Plasmodium falciparum plays an essential role in parasite growth, mitochondrial development and homeostasis during asexual blood stages. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Cell Res. 2025 06; 1872(5):119940.
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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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A kalihinol analog disrupts apicoplast function and vesicular trafficking in P. falciparum malaria. Science. 2024 09 27; 385(6716):eadm7966.
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Amino acid supplementation confers protection to red blood cells before Plasmodium falciparum bystander stress. Blood Adv. 2024 05 28; 8(10):2552-2564.
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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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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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A Plasmodium falciparum lysophospholipase regulates host fatty acid flux via parasite lipid storage to enable controlled asexual schizogony. Cell Rep. 2023 04 25; 42(4):112251.
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Identification of novel Plasmodium vivax proteins associated with protection against clinical malaria. Front Cell Infect Microbiol. 2023; 13:1076150.
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Co-infection of the four major Plasmodium species: Effects on densities and gametocyte carriage. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2022 09; 16(9):e0010760.