Concept information

Preferred term

malaria  

Definition

  • A group of human febrile diseases with a chronic relapsing course caused by hemosporidian blood parasites of the genus Plasmodium, transmitted by the bite of Anopheles mosquito.

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URI

http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/concept/4974

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