60 relations: Aconoidasida, Acute respiratory distress syndrome, Africa, Alveolate, Anopheles, Anopheles latens, Apicomplexa, Biraj Mohan Das Gupta, Borneo, Cambodia, Cerebellum, Cerebrum, Chloroquine, Crab-eating macaque, Dengue fever, Duffy antigen system, East Malaysia, Endocardium, Eukaryote, Fever, Giuseppe Franchini, Haemosporida, Heart, Host switch, Inoculation, Kidney, Lactate dehydrogenase, Lionel Everard Napier, Liver, Malaria, Malaysia, Mefloquine, Myanmar, Neurosyphilis, Peninsular Malaysia, Petechia, Philippines, Plasmodiidae, Plasmodium, Plasmodium cynomolgi, Plasmodium falciparum, Plasmodium inui, Plasmodium malariae, Plasmodium ovale, Plasmodium vivax, Potassium, Primate, Rhesus macaque, Robert Knowles (parasitologist), Sabah, ..., SAR supergroup, Sarawak, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Southern pig-tailed macaque, Spleen, Taxonomy of Anopheles, Thailand, Urea, Visceral leishmaniasis. Expand index (10 more) »
Aconoidasida
The Aconoidasida are a class of apicomplexan parasites created by Mehlhorn et al in 1980.
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Acute respiratory distress syndrome
Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a medical condition occurring in critically ill or critically wounded patients characterized by widespread inflammation in the lungs.
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Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most-populous continent (behind Asia in both categories).
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Alveolate
The alveolates (meaning "with cavities") are a group of protists, considered a major clade and superphylum within Eukarya, and are also called Alveolata.
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Anopheles
Anopheles (Greek anofelís: "useless") is a genus of mosquito first described and named by J. W. Meigen in 1818.
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Anopheles latens
The Anopheles latens mosquito (part of the An. leucosphyrus group) is an important vector for the transmission of malaria in humans and monkeys in Southeast Asia.
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Apicomplexa
The Apicomplexa (also called Apicomplexia) are a large phylum of parasitic alveolates.
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Biraj Mohan Das Gupta
Biraj Mohan Das Gupta or Dasgupta (Bengali: বিরাজ মোহন দাশগুপ্ত, c. 1889 – 1945) was a Bengali parasitologist, known for his discovery, with Robert Knowles, of the Plasmodium species now known as Plasmodium knowlesi.
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Borneo
Borneo (Pulau Borneo) is the third largest island in the world and the largest in Asia.
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Cambodia
Cambodia (កម្ពុជា, or Kampuchea:, Cambodge), officially known as the Kingdom of Cambodia (ព្រះរាជាណាចក្រកម្ពុជា, prĕəh riəciənaacak kampuciə,; Royaume du Cambodge), is a sovereign state located in the southern portion of the Indochina peninsula in Southeast Asia.
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Cerebellum
The cerebellum (Latin for "little brain") is a major feature of the hindbrain of all vertebrates.
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Cerebrum
The cerebrum is a large part of the brain containing the cerebral cortex (of the two cerebral hemispheres), as well as several subcortical structures, including the hippocampus, basal ganglia, and olfactory bulb.
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Chloroquine
Chloroquine is a medication used to prevent and to treat malaria in areas where malaria is known to be sensitive to its effects.
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Crab-eating macaque
The crab-eating macaque (Macaca fascicularis), also known as the long-tailed macaque, is a cercopithecine primate native to Southeast Asia.
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Dengue fever
Dengue fever is a mosquito-borne tropical disease caused by the dengue virus.
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Duffy antigen system
Duffy antigen/chemokine receptor (DARC), also known as Fy glycoprotein (FY) or CD234 (Cluster of Differentiation 234), is a protein that in humans is encoded by the DARC gene.
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East Malaysia
East Malaysia (Malaysia Timur), also known as Sabah, Sarawak and Labuan (Sabah, Sarawak dan Labuan) or Malaysian Borneo, is the part of Malaysia on the island of Borneo, the world's third largest island.
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Endocardium
The endocardium is the innermost layer of tissue that lines the chambers of the heart.
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Eukaryote
Eukaryotes are organisms whose cells have a nucleus enclosed within membranes, unlike Prokaryotes (Bacteria and other Archaea).
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Fever
Fever, also known as pyrexia and febrile response, is defined as having a temperature above the normal range due to an increase in the body's temperature set-point.
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Giuseppe Franchini
Giuseppe Franchini (1879–1938) was an Italian parasitologist who worked on malaria and leishmaniasis.
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Haemosporida
The Haemosporida (sometimes called Haemospororida) are an order of intraerythrocytic parasitic alveolates.
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Heart
The heart is a muscular organ in most animals, which pumps blood through the blood vessels of the circulatory system.
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Host switch
In parasitology and epidemiology, a host switch (or host shift) is an evolutionary change of host specificity.
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Inoculation
The terms inoculation, vaccination and immunization are often used synonymously to refer to artificial induction of immunity against various infectious diseases.
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Kidney
The kidneys are two bean-shaped organs present in left and right sides of the body in vertebrates.
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Lactate dehydrogenase
Lactate dehydrogenase (LDH or LD) is an enzyme found in nearly all living cells (animals, plants, and prokaryotes).
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Lionel Everard Napier
L.
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Liver
The liver, an organ only found in vertebrates, detoxifies various metabolites, synthesizes proteins, and produces biochemicals necessary for digestion.
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Malaria
Malaria is a mosquito-borne infectious disease affecting humans and other animals caused by parasitic protozoans (a group of single-celled microorganisms) belonging to the Plasmodium type.
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Malaysia
Malaysia is a federal constitutional monarchy in Southeast Asia.
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Mefloquine
Mefloquine, sold under the brand names Lariam among others, is a medication used to prevent or treat malaria.
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Myanmar
Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar and also known as Burma, is a sovereign state in Southeast Asia.
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Neurosyphilis
Neurosyphilis is an infection of the brain or spinal cord caused by the spirochete Treponema pallidum.
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Peninsular Malaysia
Peninsular Malaysia also known as Malaya or West Malaysia, is the part of Malaysia which lies on the Malay Peninsula and surrounding islands.
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Petechia
A petechia, plural petechiae, is a small (1–2 mm) red or purple spot on the skin, caused by a minor bleed from broken capillary blood vessels.
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Philippines
The Philippines (Pilipinas or Filipinas), officially the Republic of the Philippines (Republika ng Pilipinas), is a unitary sovereign and archipelagic country in Southeast Asia.
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Plasmodiidae
The Plasmodiidae are a family of apicomplexan parasites, including the type genus Plasmodium, which is responsible for malaria.
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Plasmodium
Plasmodium is a genus of unicellular eukaryotes that are obligate parasites of vertebrates and insects.
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Plasmodium cynomolgi
Plasmodium cynomolgi is a non-human primate parasite which usually been found in the Asian Old World monkeys.
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Plasmodium falciparum
Plasmodium falciparum is a unicellular protozoan parasite of humans, and the deadliest species of Plasmodium that cause malaria in humans.
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Plasmodium inui
Plasmodium inui is a species of parasite, one of the species of simian Plasmodium that cause malaria in Old World monkeys.
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Plasmodium malariae
Plasmodium malariae is a parasitic protozoa that causes malaria in humans.
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Plasmodium ovale
Plasmodium ovale is a species of parasitic protozoa that causes tertian malaria in humans.
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Plasmodium vivax
Plasmodium vivax is a protozoal parasite and a human pathogen.
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Potassium
Potassium is a chemical element with symbol K (from Neo-Latin kalium) and atomic number 19.
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Primate
A primate is a mammal of the order Primates (Latin: "prime, first rank").
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Rhesus macaque
The rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta) is one of the best-known species of Old World monkeys.
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Robert Knowles (parasitologist)
Robert Knowles (30 October 1883 – 3 August 1936, Calcutta) was a British parasitologist, known for his discovery, with Biraj Mohan Das Gupta, of the Plasmodium species now known as Plasmodium knowlesi.
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Sabah
Sabah is a state of Malaysia located on the northern portion of Borneo Island.
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SAR supergroup
Sar or Harosa (informally the SAR supergroup) is a clade that includes stramenopiles (heterokonts), alveolates, and Rhizaria.
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Sarawak
Sarawak is a state of Malaysia.
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Singapore
Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign city-state and island country in Southeast Asia.
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Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia or Southeastern Asia is a subregion of Asia, consisting of the countries that are geographically south of China, east of India, west of New Guinea and north of Australia.
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Southern pig-tailed macaque
The southern pig-tailed macaque (Macaca nemestrina), also known as the Sundaland pigtail macaque and Sunda pig-tailed macaque, is a medium-sized macaque that lives in southern Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia. It is known locally as the beruk.
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Spleen
The spleen is an organ found in virtually all vertebrates.
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Taxonomy of Anopheles
Anopheles is a genus of mosquitoes (Culicidae).
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Thailand
Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and formerly known as Siam, is a unitary state at the center of the Southeast Asian Indochinese peninsula composed of 76 provinces.
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Urea
Urea, also known as carbamide, is an organic compound with chemical formula CO(NH2)2.
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Visceral leishmaniasis
Visceral leishmaniasis (VL), also known as kala-azar, black fever, and Dumdum fever, is the most severe form of leishmaniasis and, without proper diagnosis and treatment, is associated with high fatality.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plasmodium_knowlesi