"Plasmodium falciparum" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A species of protozoa that is the causal agent of falciparum malaria (MALARIA, FALCIPARUM). It is most prevalent in the tropics and subtropics.
| Descriptor ID |
D010963
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.043.075.380.611.561
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Plasmodium falciparum".
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Plasmodium falciparum" by people in this website by year, and whether "Plasmodium falciparum" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2017 | 69 | 25 | 94 |
| 2018 | 42 | 29 | 71 |
| 2019 | 14 | 10 | 24 |
| 2020 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Plasmodium falciparum" by people in Profiles.
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Novel malaria vaccines. Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2021 11 02; 17(11):4549-4552.
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COVID-19 and malaria, a tale of two diseases. EBioMedicine. 2021 Aug; 70:103554.
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An Open-Source Toolkit To Expand Bioinformatics Training in Infectious Diseases. mBio. 2021 08 31; 12(4):e0121421.
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SARS-CoV-2 and Plasmodium falciparum are probably adopting Analogous strategy to invade erythrocytes. J Infect Public Health. 2021 Jul; 14(7):883-885.
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Protease Inhibition-An Established Strategy to Combat Infectious Diseases. Int J Mol Sci. 2021 May 28; 22(11).
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1st Women in Malaria conference. Lancet Infect Dis. 2021 05; 21(5):607.
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Co-infection of hepatitis E virus and Plasmodium falciparum malaria: A genuine risk in sub-Saharan Africa. Parasit Vectors. 2021 Apr 20; 14(1):215.
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Less Severe Cases of COVID-19 in Sub-Saharan Africa: Could Co-infection or a Recent History of Plasmodium falciparum Infection Be Protective? Front Immunol. 2021; 12:565625.
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Conus venom fractions inhibit the adhesion of Plasmodium falciparum erythrocyte membrane protein 1 domains to the host vascular receptors. J Proteomics. 2021 03 15; 234:104083.
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B cell analysis in SARS-CoV-2 versus malaria: Increased frequencies of plasmablasts and atypical memory B cells in COVID-19. J Leukoc Biol. 2021 01; 109(1):77-90.