Malaria [Disease/Finding] D008288 C0024530 Malaria Marsh Fever C4026 Malaria 105649009 N0000001924 Plasmodium Infections 61462000 M0012910 1025176 A protozoan disease caused in humans by four species of the PLASMODIUM genus: PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PLASMODIUM OVALE; and PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; and transmitted by the bite of an infected female mosquito of the genus ANOPHELES. Malaria is endemic in parts of Asia, Africa, Central and South America, Oceania, and certain Caribbean islands. It is characterized by extreme exhaustion associated with paroxysms of high FEVER; SWEATING; shaking CHILLS; and ANEMIA. Malaria in ANIMALS is caused by other species of plasmodia. Paludism Infections, Plasmodium Remittent Fever 186797008 Protozoan Infections [Disease/Finding]