Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The protozoan (Plasmodium vivax) that causes the most common form of malaria.
- noun Malaria caused by this protozoan, characterized by the occurrence of febrile paroxysms about every 48 hours.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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P. vivax, which is increasingly resistant to some antimalarial drugs, is the species most common outside Africa, particularly in Asia and the Americas, including the United States, the site of periodic outbreaks.
Media Newswire 2008
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As far as I know, the main malarial disease agent in Britain during the LIA was vivax which is the least lethal form of the disease mind you even this form is unpleasant.
Mosquitos, malaria and the IPCC "consensus" « Climate Audit 2005
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P. falciparum causes the most severe symptoms, P. vivax which is characterized by profound anemia, enlargement of the spleen, emaciation, mental depression, sallow complexion, edema of ankles, feeble digestion, and muscular weakness
ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science Tara C. Smith none@example.com 2010
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P. falciparum causes the most severe symptoms, P. vivax which is characterized by profound anemia, enlargement of the spleen, emaciation, mental depression, sallow complexion, edema of ankles, feeble digestion, and muscular weakness
ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science Tara C. Smith none@example.com 2010
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Bolton's was aimed simply at showing that researchers could infect people with Plasmodium vivax, one of the five strains of the malaria parasite.
Volunteers at Walter Reed endure mosquito bites to help find a malaria vaccine Eric Niiler 2010
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WHO reports risk is almost exclusively in P. vivax form.
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WHO reports risk is almost exclusively in P. vivax form.
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Some of the different malaria parasites include Plasmodium vivax, P. malariae, P. falciparum and P. ovale.
Zoonotic diseases 2009
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- _P. vivax_ predominates until August, with _P. falciparum_ infection rising to a peak in September.
India's Malaria Epidemic Vastly Underestimated, Study Shows Shantanud 2009
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There, P. vivax might be more prevalent because it is more tolerant of lower ambient temperatures.
Malaria 2008
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