"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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| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Plasmodium" by people in Profiles.
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The ecology and epidemiology of malaria parasitism in wild chimpanzee reservoirs. Commun Biol. 2022 09 27; 5(1):1020.
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Editorial: Innovative Therapeutic and Immunomodulatory Strategies for Protozoan Infections. Front Cell Infect Microbiol. 2019; 9:293.
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Characterization of eukaryotic DNA N(6)-methyladenine by a highly sensitive restriction enzyme-assisted sequencing. Nat Commun. 2016 Apr 15; 7:11301.
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Gut microbiota elicits a protective immune response against malaria transmission. Cell. 2014 Dec 04; 159(6):1277-89.
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Multiple environmental stressors elicit complex interactive effects in the western fence lizard (Sceloporus occidentalis). Ecotoxicology. 2012 Nov; 21(8):2372-90.
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Epidemic malaria and warmer temperatures in recent decades in an East African highland. Proc Biol Sci. 2011 Jun 07; 278(1712):1661-9.
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Real-time PCR for detection and identification of Plasmodium spp. J Clin Microbiol. 2005 May; 43(5):2435-40.
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Immunity-related genes and gene families in Anopheles gambiae. Science. 2002 Oct 04; 298(5591):159-65.
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Genome expression analysis of Anopheles gambiae: responses to injury, bacterial challenge, and malaria infection. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 Jun 25; 99(13):8814-9.
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Malaria's Eve: evidence of a recent population bottleneck throughout the world populations of Plasmodium falciparum. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 Apr 14; 95(8):4425-30.