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Plasmodium knowlesi

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Plasmodium knowlesi is a primate malaria parasite commonly found in Southeast Asia. [1]

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

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