What is Plasmodium vivax?

What is Plasmodium vivax?

• Plasmodium vivax: A protozoan that causes malaria.
• Plasmodium vivax: A protozoan parasite that causes vivax malaria (MALARIA, VIVAX). This species is found almost everywhere malaria is endemic and is the only one that has a range extending into the temperate regions.
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Plasmodium vivax: Introduction

Types of Plasmodium vivax:

Broader types of Plasmodium vivax:

• Malaria
• Parasitic diseases
• Conditions involving a pathogen
• Flu-like conditions
• more types...»

How serious is Plasmodium vivax?

Prognosis of Plasmodium vivax: Death from this condition is considered rare though prompt diagnosis and treatment is recommended.
Complications of Plasmodium vivax: see complications of Plasmodium vivax

What causes Plasmodium vivax?

Causes of Plasmodium vivax: see causes of Plasmodium vivax

What are the symptoms of Plasmodium vivax?

Symptoms of Plasmodium vivax: see symptoms of Plasmodium vivax

Complications of Plasmodium vivax: see complications of Plasmodium vivax

Can anyone else get Plasmodium vivax?

More information: see contagiousness of Plasmodium vivax
Inheritance: see inheritance of Plasmodium vivax

Plasmodium vivax: Testing

Diagnostic testing: see tests for Plasmodium vivax.

Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Plasmodium vivax.

How is it treated?

Doctors and Medical Specialists for Plasmodium vivax: Infectious Disease Specialist ; see also doctors and medical specialists for Plasmodium vivax.
Treatments for Plasmodium vivax: see treatments for Plasmodium vivax
Research for Plasmodium vivax: see research for Plasmodium vivax

Name of Plasmodium vivax

Main name of condition: Plasmodium vivax

Plasmodium vivax: Related Conditions

Research the causes of these diseases that are similar to, or related to, Plasmodium vivax:

• Malaria
• Blackwater fever
• Tertian fever
• Quartan fever
• Jungle fever
• Airport malaria
• Anopheles mosquito
• Plasmodium vivax

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