Disease or Syndrome
vivax malaria
vi·vax ma·lar·i·a
Subclass of:
Malaria
Definitions related to malaria, vivax:
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(vivax malaria) Malaria resulting from infection by Plasmodium vivax.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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Malaria caused by PLASMODIUM VIVAX. This form of malaria is less severe than MALARIA, FALCIPARUM, but there is a higher probability for relapses to occur. Febrile paroxysms often occur every other day.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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