Plasmodium vivax is a protozoal parasite and a human pathogen. This parasite is the most frequent and widely distributed cause of recurring malaria.[2] Although it is less virulent than Plasmodium falciparum, the deadliest of the five human malaria parasites, P. vivax malaria infections can lead to severe disease and death, often due to splenomegaly (a pathologically enlarged spleen).[3][4] P. vivax is carried by the female Anopheles mosquito; the males do not bite.[5]
| Plasmodium vivax | |
|---|---|
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| Mature P. vivax trophozoite | |
Scientific classification | |
| (unranked): | Diaphoretickes |
| Clade: | TSAR |
| Clade: | SAR |
| Infrakingdom: | Alveolata |
| Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
| Class: | Aconoidasida |
| Order: | Haemospororida |
| Family: | Plasmodiidae |
| Genus: | Plasmodium |
| Species: | P. vivax |
| Binomial name | |
| Plasmodium vivax | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plasmodium_vivax
Plasmodium vivax
Plasmodium vivax shows a selective preference for infecting young red blood cells (reticulocytes) (Kitchen, 1938, Garnham, 1966), where P. falciparum infects a wider range of red cells (Kitchen, 1939);
From: Advances in Parasitology, 2013
Plasmodium falciparum
Malaria
Vaccine Efficacy
Plasmodium
Mutation
Parasite
Erythrocyte
Mosquito
https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/immunology-and-microbiology/plasmodium-vivax
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