falciparum malaria

(thing) by BioTech Wed Jan 09 2008 at 20:16:02

The most severe form of malaria; it is sometimes fatal, and is characterized by fever, confusion, spleen enlargement, nausea and anemia. It is caused by the protozoan Plasmodium falciparum.

From the BioTech Dictionary at http://biotech.icmb.utexas.edu/. For further information see the BioTech homenode.

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