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Description
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. MeSH
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Subtype Terms (4)
Malaria, Cerebral
8 drugs (7 approved, 1 experimental)
Malaria, Falciparum
124 drugs (39 approved, 85 experimental)
Malaria, Vivax
39 drugs (18 approved, 21 experimental)
Approved Indicated Drugs (21)
Phase 4 Indicated Drugs (16)
Phase 3 Indicated Drugs (45)
10-valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (Pneumosil)
hepatitis b vaccine (recombinant) (Recombivax)
human rotavirus, live attenuated (Rotarix)
inactivated rabies vaccine (Imovax)
live oral poliovirus type 1, 2 and 3 (Trivalent oral polio vaccine - Sabin)
Phase 2 Indicated Drugs (42)
Phase 1 Indicated Drugs (63)
Other Experimental Indicated Drugs (14)
Organization Involved with Phase 4 Indications (166)
Agency for Science, Technology and Research
Arba Minch University, Ethiopia
Armauer Hansen Research Institute, Ethiopia
BEIJING HOLLEY-COTEC PHARMACEUTICALS CO. LTD.
Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Binh Phuoc Malaria Control Centre
Canadian International Development Agency
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Centre de Recherche en Sante de Nouna, Burkina Faso
Centre for Global Health Research, Ghana
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois
Centro de Investigacao em Saude de Manhica
Cheikh Anta Diop University, Senegal
Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst
Ethiopian Health and Nutrition Research Institute
European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP)
Federal Ministry of Health, Ethiopia
German Federal Ministry of Education and Research
Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Infectious Disease Institute, Kampala, Uganda
Institut de Receherche en Sciences de la Sante Bobo-Dioulasso
Institute of Malaria, Parasitology and Entomology, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Institute of Tropical Medicine, Belgium
Institut et Haute école de la Santé, La Source
Instituto Nacional de Laboratorios de Salud (INLASA)
International Center for Diarrheal Disease Research
Kenya Medical Research Institute
Kilimanjaro Christian Medical College, Tanzania
Kilimanjaro Clinical Research Institute
Kintampo Health Research Centre, Ghana
Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
Malaria in Pregnancy Consortium
Malaria Research Capacity Development in West and Central Africa Consortium
Medical Research and Training Centre, Mali
Medical Research Council, The Gambia
Medical Research Unit, Lambarene
Menzies School of Health Research
National Center for Parasitology, Entomology and Malaria Control
National Centre for Parasitology, Entomology and Malaria Control, Cambodia
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
National Institute for Medical Research, Tanzania
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
National Institute of Malariology, Parasitology and Entomology, Vietnam
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Malaria and Leishmaniasis Control Program, Afghanistan
Navrongo Health Research Centre, Ghana
Oromia Regional Health Bureau, Ethiopia
Pan American Health Organization
Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research
Partnership for Child Development
PNG Institute of Medical Research
School of Medical Sciences Kumasi
Senegal: Ministere de la Sante
The University of Texas, Dallas
Timika Research Facility, Indonesia
Tropical Diseases Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City
Tropical Pesticides Research Institute, Tanzania
Organization Involved with Phase 3 Indications (108)
Cambodia National Malaria Control Programme
Cameroon Baptist Convention Health
Centre de Recherche Médicale de Lambaréné
Centre National de Recherche et de Formation sur la Paludisme, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Centro Internacional de Entrenamiento e Investigaciones Médicas
Children's National Medical Center
Clinton Health Access Initiative, Nigeria
Department of Medical Research, Lower Myanmar
Department of State for Health and Social Welfare, The Gambia
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
East African Network for Monitoring Antimalarial Treatment
Ethiopian Public Health Institute
Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND)
Foundation for Paediatric Research, Finland
Groupement de Recherche Action en Santé (GRAS), Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
HealthNet International, Peshawar, Pakistan
Hôpital Général de Référence St Luc, Kisantu, DR Congo
Hospital Nacional Simao Mendes, Bissau
Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé, Direction Régionale de l'Ouest (IRSS-DRO)
Institute of Tropical Medicine, Amsterdam
Institute Tropical Medicine Belgium and MRC Unit in The Gambia
Intellectual Ventures Laboratory
International Atomic Energy Agency
International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, Mbita, Kenya
Internistische Gemeinschaftspraxis, Dr. Regner & Dr. Schmitt, Mainz
KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Collaborative Research Program
Kenya National AIDS & STI Control Programme
Kigali Central University Hospital, Rwanda
Kinshasa Medical Oxford Research Unit (KIMORU)
Malaria Capacity Development Consortium
Malaria Research and Training Center, Bamako, Mali
Mbarara University of Science and Technology
Moorgreen Hospital, Southampton
Myanmar Oxford Clinical Research Unit
National Laboratory of Public Health,Burkina Faso
National Malaria Control Program, Benin
National Malaria Control Programme, The Gambia
National University Hospital, Cotonou
Population Services International
Organization Involved with Phase 2 Indications (65)
Asociación Civil Selva Amazónica
Bethesda Hospital, Tomohon, North Sulawasi, Indonesia
Centre de Recerca en Salut Internacional de Barcelona, Spain.
Centre de Recherches Médicales de Lambaréné
Clinical Neuroscience Solutions, Inc.
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
District Hospital Bagamoyo, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Eijkman Institute for Molecular Biology, Jakarta, Indonesia
HEAL Africa Hospital, Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo
Kivunge Public Health Care Center, Zanzibar, Tanzania
Kombewa Clinical Research Center
Malaria Research Center, Rourkela, India
Malaria Research Unit, Thailand
Malaria Vaccine and Drug Development Center
Manica's health Research Centre, centre de investigacao Saude-Manica (CISM)
National Health and Medical Research Council, Australia
National Institute for Health Research, United Kingdom
National Institute of Health Research and Development, Jakarta, Indonesia
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Policlinique Médicale Universitaire
Rumah Sakit Mitra Masyarakat Hospital
Rwanguba Reference Hospital, Rwanguba, Democratic Republic of Congo
Organization Involved with Phase 1 Indications (65)
Atlantic Methanol Production Company
Bagamoyo Research and Training Center
Biomedical Primate Research Centre
Charles Mérieux Center for Infectious Disease, Mali
Comprehensive Clinical Development, Inc.
Equatorial Guinea Liquefied Natural Gas
European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP)
European Vaccine Initiative (EVI), Heidelberg, Germany
German Center for Infection Research
Global Health Innovative Technology Fund
Government of Equatorial Guinea
Hammersmith Medicines Research
Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale, France
Jiangsu Pacific Meinuoke Bio Pharmaceutical Co Ltd
La Paz Medical Center, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
Malaria Vectored Vaccines Consortium
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)
National Institute For Medical Research in Tanzania
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)
People's Liberation Army of China
Organization Involved with Other Experimental Indications (44)
Alliance for International Medical Action
Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Thailand
Case Western Reserve University
Centro de Investigação Operacional da Beira, INS, MISAU, Mozambique
Clinton Health Access Initiative, USA
Conservation, Food, and Health Foundation
Department of Health, Philippines
Federal Ministry of Health, Nigeria
Fundação Belmiro de Azevedo, Portugal
Institut National d'Etude et d'Action pour le Developpement de l'Education, Senegal
National Insitute for Medical Research, Mwanza, Tanzania
National Malaria Control Programme Cambodia
National Malaria Control Program, Myanmar
National Malaria Control Program, Vietnam
National Malaria Research and Training Center, Burkina Faso
Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research
Pharmacy Board of Sierra Leone
Programme national de lutte contre le paludisme, Mali
Research Institute for Tropical Medicine, Alabang, Muntinlupa, Metro Manila, Philippines
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