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Malaria
Alternate Names : Quartan malaria, Falciparum malaria, Biduoterian fever, Blackwater fever, Tertian malaria, Plasmodium
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Malaria, photomicrograph of cellular parasites
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Malaria is a disease caused by parasites. This picture shows dark orange-stained malaria parasites inside red blood cells (a) and outside the cells (b). Note the large cells that look like targets; it is unknown how these target cells are related to this disease.
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Review Date : 2/9/2010
Reviewed By : David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
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