Plasmodium falciparum

"Plasmodium falciparum" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A species of protozoa that is the causal agent of falciparum malaria (MALARIA, FALCIPARUM). It is most prevalent in the tropics and subtropics.

Descriptor ID	D010963
MeSH Number(s)	B01.043.075.380.611.561
Concept/Terms	Plasmodium falciparum Plasmodium falciparum Plasmodium falciparums falciparums, Plasmodium

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Organisms [B]
Eukaryota [B01]
Alveolata [B01.043]
Apicomplexa [B01.043.075]
Haemosporida [B01.043.075.380]
Plasmodium [B01.043.075.380.611]
Plasmodium falciparum [B01.043.075.380.611.561]

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Bar chart showing 106 publications over 28 distinct years, with a maximum of 11 publications in 2016

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	2	0	2
1998	1	0	1
1999	0	1	1
2000	2	0	2
2001	1	0	1
2002	5	1	6
2003	1	1	2
2004	2	2	4
2005	2	1	3
2006	3	1	4
2007	3	0	3
2008	4	2	6
2009	3	0	3
2010	4	1	5
2011	4	4	8
2012	2	1	3
2013	6	0	6
2014	1	1	2
2015	6	1	7
2016	7	4	11
2017	6	1	7
2018	1	0	1
2019	3	1	4
2020	3	1	4
2022	1	1	2
2023	0	2	2
2024	3	1	4
2025	1	1	2

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Camacho E, Dong Y, Chrissian C, Cordero RJB, Saraiva RG, Anglero-Rodriguez Y, Smith DFQ, Jacobs E, Hartshorn I, Pati?o-Medina JA, DePasquale M, Dziedzic A, Jedlicka A, Smith B, Mlambo G, Tripathi A, Broderick NA, Stark RE, Dimopoulos G, Casadevall A. Dietary L-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (L-DOPA) augments cuticular melanization in Anopheles mosquitos reducing their lifespan and malaria burden. Nat Commun. 2025 Aug 27; 16(1):8011.

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Okafor EO, Bella-Omunagbe M, Elugbadebo T, Dokunmu TM, Adebiyi E. Targeting invasion-associated proteins PfSUB2 and PfTRAMP in Plasmodium falciparum: identification of potential inhibitors via molecular docking. BMC Infect Dis. 2025 Aug 19; 25(1):1038.

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Nie Z, Bonnert R, Tsien J, Deng X, Higgs C, El Mazouni F, Zhang X, Li R, Ho N, Feher V, Paulsen J, Shackleford DM, Katneni K, Chen G, Ng ACF, McInerney M, Wang W, Saunders J, Collins D, Yan D, Li P, Campbell M, Patil R, Ghoshal A, Mondal P, Kundu A, Chittimalla R, Mahadeva M, Kokkonda S, White J, Das R, Mukherjee P, Angulo-Barturen I, Jim?nez-D?az MB, Malmstrom R, Lawrenz M, Rodriguez-Granillo A, Rathod PK, Tomchick DR, Palmer MJ, Laleu B, Qin T, Charman SA, Phillips MA. Structure-Based Discovery and Development of Highly Potent Dihydroorotate Dehydrogenase Inhibitors for Malaria Chemoprevention. J Med Chem. 2025 01 09; 68(1):590-637.

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Rosado-Qui?ones AM, Col?n-Lorenzo EE, Pala ZR, Bosch J, Kudyba K, Kudyba H, Leed SE, Roncal N, Baerga-Ortiz A, Roche-Lima A, Gerena Y, Fidock DA, Roth A, Vega-Rodr?guez J, Serrano AE. Novel hydrazone compounds with broad-spectrum antiplasmodial activity and synergistic interactions with antimalarial drugs. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2024 06 05; 68(6):e0164323.

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van Schalkwyk DA, Pratt S, Nolder D, Stewart LB, Liddy H, Muwanguzi-Karugaba J, Beshir KB, Britten D, Victory E, Rogers C, Millard J, Brown M, Nabarro LE, Taylor A, Young BC, Chiodini PL, Sutherland CJ. Treatment Failure in a UK Malaria Patient Harboring Genetically Variant Plasmodium falciparum From Uganda With Reduced In Vitro Susceptibility to Artemisinin and Lumefantrine. Clin Infect Dis. 2024 02 17; 78(2):445-452.

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Roche-Lima A, Rosado-Qui?ones AM, Feliu-Maldonado RA, Figueroa-Gispert MDM, D?az-Rivera J, D?az-Gonz?lez RG, Carrasquillo-Carrion K, Nieves BG, Col?n-Lorenzo EE, Serrano AE. Antimalarial Drug Combination Predictions Using the Machine Learning Synergy Predictor (MLSyPred?) tool. Acta Parasitol. 2024 Mar; 69(1):415-425.

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Kayatani AKK, Bobbili N, Megnekou R, Matsunaga M, Leke RFG, Taylor DW. Are high avidity antibodies to Plasmodium falciparum antigens preferentially transferred across the placenta of premature and term babies? Placenta. 2023 09 07; 140:11-19.

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Shekhar S, Verma S, Gupta MK, Roy SS, Kaur I, Krishnamachari A, Dhar SK. Genome-wide binding sites of Plasmodium falciparum mini chromosome maintenance protein MCM6 show new insights into parasite DNA replication. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Cell Res. 2023 10; 1870(7):119546.

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Tassi Yunga S, Siriwardhana C, Fouda GG, Bobbili N, Sama G, Chen JJ, Leke RFG, Taylor DW. Characterization of the primary antibody response to Plasmodium falciparum antigens in infants living in a malaria-endemic area. Malar J. 2022 Nov 19; 21(1):346.

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Kayatani AKK, Leke RGF, Leke RIJ, Fogako J, Taylor DW. Transplacental transfer of total immunoglobulin G and antibodies to Plasmodium falciparum antigens between the 24th week of gestation and term. Sci Rep. 2022 11 07; 12(1):18864.

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