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Glossary
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- ATP
- adenosine triphosphate
- CDC
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- DEET
- N,N-diethyl-3-methylbenzamide
- ECG
- electrocardiogram
- EPA
- Environmental Protection Agency
- FDA
- Food and Drug Administration
- G6PD
- glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase
- GI
- gastrointestinal
- HRP-2
- histidine-rich protein 2
- ICU
- intensive care unit
- NPV
- negative predictive value
- po
- oral
- PPV
- positive predictive value
- QTc
- QT corrected for heart rate
- SIADH
- syndrome of inappropriate secretion of antidiuretic hormone
- tid
- three times daily
Terms
- Gametocyte
- Sexual reproductive stage of the malaria parasite. Gametocytes circulate in the blood stream, are picked up by the Anopheles mosquito, undergo sexual reproduction in the midgut of the mosquito, and attach to the mosquito's midgut, where they form an oocyst that eventually produces sporozoites.
- Hypnozoite
- Dormant stage of P. vivax or P. ovale sporozoites that resides in the liver. Reactivation of hypnozoites can lead to relapses of malaria.
- Merozoite
- The asexual stage of malaria parasites that infects red blood cells.
- Parasitemia
- The percentage of erythrocytes infected with parasites.
- Schizont
- Mature stage of malaria parasites that ruptures to release daughter cells known as merozoites.
- Sporozoite
- Slender, spindle-shaped, motile infective stage of malaria parasites.
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| Harry Tagbor, MBChB, DrPH, editorial consultant, has no financial relationships with pharmaceutical companies, biomedical device manufacturers, or health-care related organizations. Rick M. Fairhurst, MD, PhD has no financial relationships with pharmaceutical companies, biomedical device manufacturers, or health-care related organizations. Thomas E. Wellems, MD, PhD has no financial relationships with pharmaceutical companies, biomedical device manufacturers, or health-care related organizations.
Steven E. Weinberger, MD, FACP, Acting Editor, PIER, has stock holdings in Glaxosmithkline and Abbott. |
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