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Plasmodium vivax

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Plasmodium vi·vax (vvks)
n.
A protozoan that is the most common malarial parasite of humans, causing vivax malaria.


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Other strategies include blocking transmission of malaria from mosquitoes to humans by breaking the lifecycle of the malaria parasite as well as a vaccine against Plasmodium vivax, the less severe but more widespread malaria type.
For instance, you will get initial symptoms of malaria in 9 to 14 days if you are infected with Plasmodium falciparum; 12 to 18 days for Plasmodium vivax or Plasmodium ovale; and 18 to 40 days for Plasmodium malariae.
The origin and subsequent proliferation of malarias capable of infecting humans in South America remain unclear, particularly with respect to the role of Neotropical monkeys in the infectious chain of Plasmodium vivax.
 
 
 
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