"Plasmodium" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A genus of protozoa that comprise the malaria parasites of mammals. Four species infect humans (although occasional infections with primate malarias may occur). These are PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PLASMODIUM OVALE, and PLASMODIUM VIVAX. Species causing infection in vertebrates other than man include: PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PLASMODIUM CHABAUDI; P. vinckei, and PLASMODIUM YOELII in rodents; P. brasilianum, PLASMODIUM CYNOMOLGI; and PLASMODIUM KNOWLESI in monkeys; and PLASMODIUM GALLINACEUM in chickens.
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D010961
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.043.075.380.611
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| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Plasmodium" 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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Malaria: A focused review for the emergency medicine clinician. Am J Emerg Med. 2024 03; 77:7-16.
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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.
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Antibody Profiles to P. falciparum Antigens Over Time Characterize Acute and Long-Term Malaria Exposure in an Area of Low and Unstable Transmission. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2020 12; 103(6):2189-2197.
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New directions in antimalarial target validation. Expert Opin Drug Discov. 2020 02; 15(2):189-202.
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Current Mathematical Models for Analyzing Anti-Malarial Antibody Data with an Eye to Malaria Elimination and Eradication. J Immunol Res. 2015; 2015:738030.
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Consultation with the specialist: malaria prophylaxis in children. Pediatr Rev. 2006 Sep; 27(9):346-50.
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Artemether, an effective new agent for chemoprophylaxis against shistosomiasis in China: its in vivo effect on the biochemical metabolism of the Asian schistosome. Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health. 2000 Dec; 31(4):724-32.
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Malarial circumsporozoite protein is a novel gene delivery vehicle to primary hepatocyte cultures and cultured cells. J Biol Chem. 1995 Feb 24; 270(8):3667-76.
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Structure and organization of genes for sporozoite surface antigens. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 1984 Nov 13; 307(1131):129-39.