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 113 publications over 29 distinct years, with a maximum of 10 publications in 2020

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1995	1	0	1
1997	1	0	1
1998	2	0	2
1999	1	2	3
2000	3	0	3
2002	1	0	1
2003	3	1	4
2004	2	0	2
2005	3	2	5
2006	1	2	3
2007	3	2	5
2008	3	2	5
2009	4	1	5
2010	1	0	1
2011	6	0	6
2012	3	1	4
2013	3	0	3
2014	6	1	7
2015	7	0	7
2016	4	1	5
2017	4	0	4
2018	2	0	2
2019	2	0	2
2020	8	2	10
2021	3	3	6
2022	2	3	5
2023	1	5	6
2024	3	0	3
2025	1	1	2

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Forconi CS, Nixon C, Wu HW, Odwar B, Pond-Tor S, Ong'echa JM, Kurtis JD, Moormann AM. T-follicular helper cell profiles differ by malaria antigen and for children compared to adults. Elife. 2025 May 22; 13.

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Sobota RS, Stucke EM, Coulibaly D, Lawton JG, Cummings BE, Sebastian S, Dara A, Munro JB, Ouattara A, Kone AK, Kane B, Traor? K, Guindo B, Tangara BM, Niangaly A, Ventimiglia NT, Daou M, Diarra I, Tolo Y, Sissoko M, Maiga F, Diawara A, Traore A, Thera A, Laurens MB, Lyke KE, Kouriba B, Doumbo OK, Plowe CV, Goodlett DR, Silva JC, Thera MA, Travassos MA. A shared inflammatory signature across severe malaria syndromes manifested by transcriptomic, proteomic and metabolomic analyses. Nat Commun. 2025 May 18; 16(1):4620.

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Bonnell VA, Zhang Y, Brown AS, Horton J, Josling GA, Chiu TP, Rohs R, Mahony S, Gord?n R, Llin?s M. DNA sequence and chromatin differentiate sequence-specific transcription factor binding in the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. Nucleic Acids Res. 2024 Sep 23; 52(17):10161-10179.

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Kreutzfeld O, Orena S, Okitwi M, Tumwebaze PK, Byaruhanga O, Katairo T, Conrad MD, Legac J, Garg S, Crudale R, Aydemir O, Giesbrecht D, Nsobya SL, Blasco B, Duffey M, Rouillier M, Bailey JA, Cooper RA, Rosenthal PJ. Ex vivo susceptibilities to ganaplacide and diversity in potential resistance mediators in Ugandan Plasmodium falciparum isolates. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2024 09 04; 68(9):e0046624.

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Connelly SV, Brazeau NF, Msellem M, Ngasala BE, Aydemir O, Goel V, Niar? K, Giesbrecht DJ, Popkin-Hall ZR, Hennelly C, Park Z, Moormann AM, Ong'echa JM, Verity R, Mohammed S, Shija SJ, Mhamilawa LE, Morris U, M?rtensson A, Lin JT, Bj?rkman A, Juliano JJ, Bailey JA. Strong isolation by distance and evidence of population microstructure reflect ongoing Plasmodium falciparum transmission in Zanzibar. Elife. 2024 Jun 27; 12.

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Solebo O, Ling L, Nwankwo I, Zhou J, Fu TM, Ke H. Plasmodium falciparum utilizes pyrophosphate to fuel an essential proton pump in the ring stage and the transition to trophozoite stage. PLoS Pathog. 2023 Dec; 19(12):e1011818.

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Alves SAS, Teixeira DE, Peruchetti DB, Silva LS, Brand?o LFP, Caruso-Neves C, Pinheiro AAS. Bradykinin produced during Plasmodium falciparum erythrocytic cycle drives monocyte adhesion to human brain microvascular endothelial cells. Brain Res. 2024 01 01; 1822:148669.

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Fola AA, Moser KA, Aydemir O, Hennelly C, Kobayashi T, Shields T, Hamapumbu H, Musonda M, Katowa B, Matoba J, Stevenson JC, Norris DE, Thuma PE, Wesolowski A, Moss WJ, Bailey JA, Juliano JJ. Temporal and spatial analysis of Plasmodium falciparum genomics reveals patterns of parasite connectivity in a low-transmission district in Southern Province, Zambia. Malar J. 2023 Jul 07; 22(1):208.

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Paschalidis A, Watson OJ, Aydemir O, Verity R, Bailey JA. coiaf: Directly estimating complexity of infection with allele frequencies. PLoS Comput Biol. 2023 Jun; 19(6):e1010247.

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Kreutzfeld O, Tumwebaze PK, Okitwi M, Orena S, Byaruhanga O, Katairo T, Conrad MD, Rasmussen SA, Legac J, Aydemir O, Giesbrecht D, Forte B, Campbell P, Smith A, Kano H, Nsobya SL, Blasco B, Duffey M, Bailey JA, Cooper RA, Rosenthal PJ. Susceptibility of Ugandan Plasmodium falciparum Isolates to the Antimalarial Drug Pipeline. Microbiol Spectr. 2023 06 15; 11(3):e0523622.

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