Eukaryote
plasmodium malariae
Subclass of:
Plasmodium
Definitions related to plasmodium malariae:
  • A protozoan parasite in the family Plasmodiidae. P. malariae causes quartan malaria, a milder form of malaria than that caused by P. falciparum or P. vivax.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • A protozoan parasite that occurs primarily in subtropical and temperate areas. It is the causal agent of quartan malaria. As the parasite grows it exhibits little ameboid activity.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • Any unicellular, eukaryotic organism that can be assigned to the species Plasmodium malariae.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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