Plasmodium vivax

"Plasmodium vivax" 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 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.

Descriptor ID	D010966
MeSH Number(s)	B01.043.075.380.611.761
Concept/Terms	Plasmodium vivax Plasmodium vivax Plasmodium vivaxs vivax, 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 vivax [B01.043.075.380.611.761]

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2004	1	0	1
2012	1	0	1
2014	4	0	4
2015	3	0	3
2016	2	0	2
2017	2	0	2
2018	1	1	2
2019	2	0	2
2020	2	0	2
2021	2	0	2
2023	0	2	2
2024	1	1	2
2025	0	2	2
2026	2	0	2

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Costa CM, Almeida GG, Lindestam Arlehamn CS, Queiroz-Glauss CP, Gunderman VHG, Pereira MMM, Amaral LRD, Pereira DB, Tada MS, Martins-Filho OA, Gazzinelli RT, Antonelli LRDV. Different clinical forms of Plasmodium vivax infection result in unique T cell epitope-specific immune responses. J Immunol. 2026 Apr 15; 215(4).

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Antonelli LR, Gazzinelli RT. The mitochondrial metabolic shift in inflammatory monocytes during Plasmodium vivax malaria. Curr Opin Immunol. 2026 Jun; 100:102769.

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White SJ, Tchuenkam VPK, Mbouh M, Gaither C, Bouopda-Tuedom AG, Kiam BC, Popkin-Hall ZR, Sadler JM, Carey-Ewend K, Hand E, Ngum MN, Ngomsi YN, Bailey JA, Kaunda DB, Mafo LK, Lemogo GN, Dinka CL, Nsani CA, Noubom M, Goel V, Ibrahima I, Onguene JC, Lin FC, Lin JT, Nsango SE, Dinglasan RR, Juliano JJ, Ali IM. Epidemiology of ovale, vivax and falciparum malaria in the highlands of Cameroon: An integrated community survey of human infection and vector abundance. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2025 Oct; 19(10):e0013549.

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Almeida GG, Costa CM, Costa PAC, Gomes GR, Figueiredo MM, Torres KJ, de Carvalho AF, Valiate BVS, Sampaio JR, Carvalho BC, Pereira DB, Martines A, Tada MS, Soares IS, Ponmattam J, Castro MC, Golenbock DT, Gazzinelli RT, Antonelli LRDV. Asymptomatic vivax malaria is associated with an IFN-?-program on adaptive immunity. J Transl Med. 2025 Mar 19; 23(1):351.

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Popkin-Hall ZR, Niar? K, Crudale R, Simkin A, Fola AA, Sanchez JF, Pannebaker DL, Giesbrecht DJ, Kim IE, Aydemir ?, Bailey JA, Valdivia HO, Juliano JJ. High-throughput genotyping of Plasmodium vivax in the Peruvian Amazon via molecular inversion probes. Nat Commun. 2024 11 25; 15(1):10219.

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Marques RF, Gimenez AM, Caballero O, Simpson A, Salazar AM, Amino R, Godin S, Gazzinelli RT, Soares IS. Non-clinical toxicity and immunogenicity evaluation of a Plasmodium vivax malaria vaccine using Poly-ICLC (Hiltonol?) as adjuvant. Vaccine. 2024 04 02; 42(9):2394-2406.

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Diniz SQ, Figueiredo MM, Costa PAC, Martins-Filho OA, Teixeira-Carvalho A, Pereira DB, Shugiro Tada M, Crocco Afonso LC, Kohlhoff M, Zani CL, Gazzinelli RT, Oliveira F, Antonelli LR. Adenosine pathway regulates inflammation during Plasmodium vivax infection. Front Immunol. 2023; 14:1193256.

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Andrade AO, Santos NAC, Bastos AS, Pontual JDC, Ara?jo JE, Silva AMV, Martinez LN, Lima AA, Aguiar ACC, G Teles CB, Medeiros JF, Pereira DB, Vinetz JM, Gazzinelli RT, Ara?jo MS. Transmission-blocking activity of antimalarials for Plasmodium vivax malaria in Anopheles darlingi. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2023 06; 17(6):e0011425.

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Almeida GG, Costa PAC, Araujo MDS, Gomes GR, Carvalho AF, Figueiredo MM, Pereira DB, Tada MS, Medeiros JF, Soares IDS, Carvalho LH, Kano FS, Castro MC, Vinetz JM, Golenbock DT, Antonelli LRDV, Gazzinelli RT. Asymptomatic Plasmodium vivax malaria in the Brazilian Amazon: Submicroscopic parasitemic blood infects Nyssorhynchus darlingi. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2021 10; 15(10):e0009077.

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Diniz SQ, Teixeira-Carvalho A, Figueiredo MM, Costa PAC, Rocha BC, Martins-Filho OA, Gon?alves R, Pereira DB, Tada MS, Oliveira F, Gazzinelli RT, Antonelli LRDV. Plasmodium vivax Infection Alters Mitochondrial Metabolism in Human Monocytes. mBio. 2021 08 31; 12(4):e0124721.

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