Malaria

Malaria, the most common parasitic disease in the world, is caused by Plasmodium parasites that are transmitted by female Anopheline mosquitoes. Plasmodium infections result in a spectrum of clinical effects, including asymptomatic parasitemia, severe malaria, and death. Most severe cases occur in sub-Saharan Africa. In severe malaria, complications such as anemia, respiratory distress, renal failure, and cerebral malaria are observed in addition to cyclical fevers.

Infectious disease

Plasmodium falciparum [GN:pfa pfd pfh] (Falciparum malaria)
Plasmodium vivax [GN:pvx] (Vivax malaria)
Plasmodium knowlesi H [GN:pkn]
Plasmodium malariae
Plasmodium ovale

Doxycycline hyclate [DR:D02129]
Doxycycline calcium [DR:D03903]
Sulfadiazine [DR:D00587]
Chloroquine phosphate [DR:D02125]
Hydroxychloroquine sulfate [DR:D02114]
Primaquine phosphate [DR:D02126]
Tafenoquine succinate [DR:D10670]
Atovaquone and proguanil hydrochloride [DR:D02472]
Quinine sulfate [DR:D02262]
Mefloquine hydrochloride [DR:D00831]
Pyrimethamine [DR:D00488]
Artesunate [DR:D02482]
Artemether and lumefantrine [DR:D02484]

Vector: Anopheles gambiae (African malaria mosquito) [GN:aga]

PMID:23088834

Antinori S, Galimberti L, Milazzo L, Corbellino M

Plasmodium knowlesi: the emerging zoonotic malaria parasite.

Acta Trop 125:191-201 (2013)
DOI:10.1016/j.actatropica.2012.10.008

PMID:30712767

Plewes K, Leopold SJ, Kingston HWF, Dondorp AM

Malaria: What's New in the Management of Malaria?

Infect Dis Clin North Am 33:39-60 (2019)
DOI:10.1016/j.idc.2018.10.002