vivax
Relapsing malaria species
Vivax refers to *Plasmodium vivax*, one of the parasitic species that causes malaria in humans.
It's the most widespread of the malaria parasites, responsible for recurring fevers that can relapse months or years after initial infection.
The term appears almost exclusively in medical and scientific contexts: vivax malaria, P. vivax infection.
Mosquito-borne parasitic infection
- parasiteOne exploiting a host
- relapseReturn to former illness
- dormantInactive but capable
- liverAbdominal detoxifying organ
fever · benign · mosquito · Anopheles · chloroquine · endemic · tropical · infection
Finest taxonomic rank
- taxonomyScience of categorical arrangement
- binomialExpression with two terms
- nomenclatureSystem of specialized terms
- epithetDescriptive tag for someone
classification · organism · pathogen · protozoan · microorganism · strain · isolate · genome
malaria
Mosquito-borne parasitic infection
liver · fever · benign · mosquito · Anopheles · chloroquine · endemic · tropical · infection · recurrence
species
Finest taxonomic rank
- taxonomyScience of categorical arrangement
- binomialExpression with two terms
- nomenclatureSystem of specialized terms
epithet · classification · organism · pathogen · protozoan · microorganism · strain · isolate · genome · sequencing
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- vivid memoryIntensely detailed remembrance
- vivid detailSharp, memorable descriptive elements
- vivid imageryLanguage creating strong pictures
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