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	Plasmodium - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Plasmodium falciparum (the cause of malignant tertian malaria)
		Plasmodium malariae (the cause of benign quartan malaria)
		The sporozoites migrate to the liver and invade hepatocytes.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Plasmodium (600 words)

	Malaria (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The Plasmodium genus of protozoal parasites (mainly P.falciparum, P.vivax, P.ovale, and P.malariae) have a life cycle which is split between a vertebrate host and an insect vector.
		The Plasmodium species, with the exception of P.malariae (which may affect the higher primates) are exclusively parasites of man. The mosquito is always the vector, and is always an Anopheline mosquito, although, out of the 380 species of Anopheline mosquito, only 60 can transmit malaria.
		The reason that not all mosquitos are vectors for Plasmodium parasites is that refractory mosquitos posses substances toxic to Plasmodium within their cells (7).
	www-micro.msb.le.ac.uk /224/Bradley/Biology.html (887 words)

	Plasmodium (the genus of pathogens causing malaria)
		The pathogens causing malaria are four species of Plasmodium and they are transmitted from person to person by mosquitoes of the genus Anopheles.
		Plasmodium falciparum needs an average ambient temperature of at least 20ºC so is found mainly in warmer parts of the world.
		This gene encodes a peptide that seems to block receptors in the gut and salivary glands of the mosquito that are used by Plasmodium for replication.
	www.museums.org.za /bio/apicomplexa/plasmodium.htm (1387 words)

	Plasmodium post-genomics: better the bug you know?: Nature Reviews Microbiology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Inter- and intrasyntenic var clusters of Plasmodium falciparum chromosome 4.
		Genome-wide identification of genes upregulated at the onset of gametocytogenesis in Plasmodium falciparum.
		Annotating the Plasmodium genome and the enigma of the shikimate pathway.
	www.nature.com /nrmicro/journal/v4/n5/full/nrmicro1392.html (8338 words)

	Nikon MicroscopyU: Human Pathology Digital Image Gallery - Plasmodium vivax Infection
		In the 1880s, a surgeon with the French military, Alphonse Laveran, identified parasitic protozoa as the cause of malaria, and over the ensuing decades a number of scientists contributed to the identification of the bite of the female Anopheles mosquito as the mode of transmission.
		Identification of which Plasmodium species is the cause of specific malarial cases usually is based upon the morphology of the red blood cell stages of the parasite.
		Red blood cells infected with Plasmodium vivax are frequently significantly larger than normal cells, swelling to typically one and a half times their size.
	www.microscopyu.com /galleries/pathology/plasmodiumvivax.html (434 words)

	Plasmodium Liver Infection and Immune Response
		Model for Plasmodium sporozoite migration in the liver: Migration of Plasmodium sporozoites through hepatocytes in the liver induces exocytosis that results in the exposure of transmembrane proteins, such as TRAP, in the surface of the sporozoite.
		Plasmodium infection induces immune suppression that is associated with the inability of infected individuals to prevent malaria re-infections throughout life, increased susceptibility to other infections and reduced response to vaccinations.
		We found that Plasmodium infected erythrocytes inhibit the activation of dendritic cells by inhibiting the up-regulation of co-stimulatory molecules, altering their cytokine secretion pattern and inhibiting their ability to activate T cells (Ocaña-Morgner et al., 2003.
	www.med.nyu.edu /parasitology/faculty/arodriguez.html (655 words)

	Plasmodium in human blood cells, malaria, molecular models (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Plasmodium falciparium rates second in prevalence and is chiefly a tropical species.
		Plasmodium ovale is the rarest of the four species and is apparently more restricted in distribution.
		Plasmodium vivax may cause relapses years later because of secondary exoerythrocytic cycles.
	www.buddycom.com /cells/malaria (566 words)

	Plasmodium falciparum - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Plasmodium falciparum is a protozoan parasite, one of the species of Plasmodium that cause malaria in humans.
		Malaria is caused by infection with protozoa of the genus Plasmodium.
		The apicomplexan plastid, or apicoplast, is an essential organelle, thought to be involved in the synthesis of lipids and several other compounds, and provides an attractive target for antimalarial drug development, particularly in light of the emergence of parasites resistant to chloroquine and other existing antimalarial agents.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Plasmodium_falciparum (1452 words)

	Cell Biology of Plasmodium
		The C-terminal regions of Plasmodium TRAP and Toxoplasma MIC2 are functionally homologous (Kappe 1999).
		Beeson JG, Brown GV (2002) Pathogenesis of Plasmodium falciparum malaria: the roles of parasite adhesion and antigenic variation.
		Zieler H, Dvorak JA (2000) Invasion in vitro of mosquito midgut cells by the malaria parasite proceeds by a conserved mechanism and results in death of the invaded midgut cells.
	www.tulane.edu /~wiser/malaria/cmb.html (4373 words)

	Medmicro Chapter 83
		Although drugs are available for treatment, malaria is still considered by many to be the most important infectious disease of humans: there are approximately 200 million to 500 million new cases each year in the world, and the disease is the direct cause of 1 million to 2.5 million deaths per year.
		Malaria is caused by protozoa of the genus Plasmodium.
		Diagnosis of malaria by detection of Plasmodium falciparum HRP-2 antigen with a rapid dipstick antigen-capture assay.
	gsbs.utmb.edu /microbook/ch083.htm (5653 words)

	Malaria: Parasitic Infections: Merck Manual Home Edition
		Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium ovale can remain in the liver in a dormant form that periodically releases mature parasites into the bloodstream, causing recurring attacks of symptoms.
		A decrease in the level of sugar (glucose) in the blood can occur in people infected with Plasmodium falciparum and may be severe in people who have a large number of parasites in their blood—particularly if they are treated with the drug quinine.
		Malaria caused by Plasmodium vivax, Plasmodium ovale, and Plasmodium malariae tends to be less severe, although these parasites can remain in the blood for long periods, producing fever, chills, headache, poor appetite, fatigue, and a general feeling of illness (malaise).
	www.merck.com /mmhe/au/print/sec17/ch196/ch196h.html (1402 words)

	Lifecycle of the plasmodium parasite.
		Plasmodium falciparum occurs in almost all areas affected by malaria and it is classed in most cases resistant to chloroquine.
		Plasmodium vivax infection is predominantly located in South America as well as the Middle East, but is uncommon in sub-Saharan Africa.
		If the infection reaches an advanced state the plasmodium start to clog the capillaries that carry blood to the brain, (this is called cerebral anemia (anaemia)) and various other organs of the body.
	www.anytestkits.com /lifecycle_plasmodium_parasite.htm (371 words)

	DRY COUNTY RECORDS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Plasmodium is Bob Miller (trumpets, flugelhorn, keyboards, sound manipulations) and Jim Thomson (drums, percussion, sound manipulations, and voice).
		Initially conceived in Richmond, Virginia in the year 2000 as an improvisational and experimental drum and trumpet duo, Plasmodium has since expanded its music into the realm of clairaudience -- the perception of messages in thought forms from entities who exist in another realm -- after experiencing supranormal hearing during their rehearsals.
		Using a dizzying array of drum loops, keyboards, trumpets, diodes, crystals, mirrors, and audio-visual surveillance monitors finetuned to paranormal frequencies, Plasmodium gives the psychic phenomenon known as clairaudience a sound, so to speak, and they paint a "sound-surveillance" portrait of sonic apparitions that they channel in their laboratories.
	www.drycounty.net /indexp.html (213 words)

	Plasmodium definition - Medical Dictionary definitions of popular medical terms
		Plasmodium: The parasite guilty in the case of malaria (paludism).
		Plasmodium is a type of protozoa, a single-celled organism able to divide only within a host cell.
		Plasmodium vivax, the species causing vivax malaria which is milder than falciparum malaria.
	www.medicinenet.com /script/main/art.asp?ArticleKey=4939 (143 words)

	Malaria
		Plasmodium falciparum is the predominant species, with 120,000,000 new cases and up to 1,000,000 deaths per year globally.
		It is the Plasmodium falciparum species which has given rise to the formidable drug resistant strains emerging in Asia.
		The reason that not all mosquitos are vectors for Plasmodium parasites is that refractory mosquitos posses substances toxic to Plasmodium within their cells.
	www.wehi.edu.au /MalDB-www/intro.html (1485 words)

	Identification, Cloning, Expression, and Characterization of the Gene for Plasmodium knowlesi Surface Protein ...
		Plasmodium falciparum asparagine and aspartate rich protein 2 is an evolutionary conserved protein whose repeats identify a new family of parasite antigens.
		Plasmodium falciparum AARP1, a giant protein containing repeated motifs rich in asparagine and aspartate residues, is associated with the infected erythrocyte membrane.
		Plasmodium sporozoite invasion into insect and mammalian cells is directed by the same dual binding system.
	iai.asm.org /cgi/content/full/73/9/5402 (4360 words)

	Malaria (via CobWeb/3.1 planet03.csc.ncsu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The situation has become even more complex over the last few years with the increase in resistance to the drugs normally used to combat the parasite that causes the disease.
		Malaria is caused by protozoan parasites of the genus Plasmodium.
		Plasmodium develops in the gut of the mosquito and is passed on in the saliva of an infected insect each time it takes a new blood meal.
	www-micro.msb.le.ac.uk.cob-web.org:8888 /224/Malaria.html (1219 words)

	CD Baby: PLASMODIUM: Clairaudience (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Initially conceived in Richmond, Virginia in the year 2000 as an improvisational and experimental drum and trumpet duo, Plasmodium has since expanded its music into the realm of clairaudience-the perception of messages in thought forms from entities who exist in another realm--after experiencing supranormal hearing during their rehearsals.
		Plasmodium, a duo featuring Bio Ritmo vet Bob Miller and longtime Richmond musician Jim Thomson, was working on an album back then, which it is just now finishing.
		Plasmodium's rebirth happens during a special series right down the road in scenic Charlottesville, where it will offer the most unlikely of mountain music every Wednesday night in January at the Twisted Branch Tea Bazaar, 414 E. Main St. Dubbed a future music series, the nights will offer prerecorded drum loops, live horns and keyboards.
	www.cdbaby.com /plasmodium (1267 words)

	Biochemistry of Plasmodium
		Florent I, Derhy Z, Allary M, Monsigny M, Mayer R, and Schrével J (1998) A Plasmodium falciparum aminopeptidase gene belonging to the M1 family of zinc-metallopeptidases is expressed in erythrocytic stages.
		Shenai BR, Sijwali PS, Singh A, and Rosenthal PJ (2000) Characterization of native and recombinant falcipain-2, a principal trophzoite cysteine protease and essential hemoglobinase of Plasmodium falciparum.
		Sijwali PS, Shenai BR, Gut J, Singh A, and Rosenthal PJ (2001) Expression and characterization of the Plasmodium falciparum haemoglobinase falcipain-3.
	www.tulane.edu /~wiser/malaria/fv.html (1844 words)

	Impact Malaria : paludisme, malaria, information for the public and healthcare professionals - plasmodium falciparum, ...
		plasmodium malariae malaria paludisme The agents of malaria, called Plasmodia, are microscopic parasites measuring a few thousandths of a millimeter, which always develop inside host cells.
		Of the 4 plasmodial species that can live as a parasite in humans, Plasmodium falciparum, Plasmodium vivax, Plasmodium ovale and Plasmodium malariae, the most important is Plasmodium falciparum since it is both the most widespread and the only one capable of producing fatal complications.
		It recurs regularly, every 48 hours for Plasmodium falciparum (malignant tertian fever) for Plasmodium vivax and for Plasmodium ovale (non-malignant tertian fevers) and every 72 hours for Plasmodium malariae (quartan fever).
	www.impact-malaria.com /en/index_prehome.asp (722 words)

	DRAMATIC DIFFERENCE IN DIVERSITY BETWEEN PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM AND PLASMODIUM VIVAX RETICULOCYTE BINDING-LIKE GENES -- ...
		Polymorphism in the gene encoding the apical membrane antigen-1 (AMA-1) of Plasmodium falciparum.
		Plasmodium vivax synonymous substitution frequencies, evolution and population structure deduced from diversity in AMA1 and MSP1 genes.
		Allelic dimorphism in a surface antigen gene of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum.
	www.ajtmh.org /cgi/content/full/72/6/666 (4732 words)

	Microscopy of Plasmodium species (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Trophozoites - Plasmodium falciparum: Early trophozoites have the characteristic signet ring shape.
		Gametocyte - Plasmodium falciparum: The gametocytes of P.
		Gametocyte - Plasmodium ovale: A round gametocyte that is larger than normal red blood cells.
	www.msu.edu /course/zol/316/psppscope.htm (208 words)

	Medical Dictionary: Plasmodium ovale - WrongDiagnosis.com
		It is the rarest of the four species of PLASMODIUM infecting humans, but is common in West African countries and neighboring areas.
		Plasmodium ovale: Type of or association with medical condition Malaria.
		Plasmodium ovale: Plasmodium ovale is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database: Malaria
	www.wrongdiagnosis.com /medical/plasmodium_ovale.htm (225 words)

	plasmodium - OneLook Dictionary Search
		Plasmodium, plasmodium : Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary [home, info]
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	www.onelook.com /?w=plasmodium (239 words)

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