malaria

mosquito-borne infectious disease
MedicalCondition class_of_disease Q12156
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malaria

Summary

malaria is a class of disease[1]. malaria ranks in the top 0.1% of class_of_disease entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,361 views/month, #2 of 1,968).[2]

Key Facts

  • malaria is credited with the discovery of Ronald Ross[3].
  • malaria is credited with the discovery of Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran[4].
  • malaria's instance of is recorded as class of disease[5].
  • miasma theory is named after malaria[6].
  • wetland is named after malaria[7].
  • malaria is a type of parasitic protozoa infectious disease[8].
  • malaria is a type of vector-borne disease[9].
  • malaria is a type of endemic disease[10].
  • malaria's Commons category is recorded as Malaria[11].
  • malaria's ICPC 2 ID is recorded as A73[12].
  • malaria's symptoms and signs is recorded as intermittent fever[13].
  • malaria's symptoms and signs is recorded as periodic fever[14].
  • malaria's symptoms and signs is recorded as hepatomegaly[15].
  • malaria's symptoms and signs is recorded as anemia[16].
  • malaria's symptoms and signs is recorded as splenomegaly[17].
  • malaria's symptoms and signs is recorded as jaundice[18].
  • malaria's symptoms and signs is recorded as coma[19].
  • malaria's symptoms and signs is recorded as chills[20].
  • malaria's symptoms and signs is recorded as fever[21].
  • malaria's has cause is recorded as Plasmodium falciparum[22].
  • malaria's has cause is recorded as Plasmodium vivax[23].
  • malaria's has cause is recorded as Plasmodium malariae[24].
  • malaria's has cause is recorded as Plasmodium ovale[25].
  • malaria's has cause is recorded as Plasmodium knowlesi[26].
  • malaria's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Malaria[27].

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Works and Contributions

Credited discoveries include Ronald Ross[3], a physician[28], 1857–1932[29], of United Kingdom[30], awarded the Fellow of the Royal Society[31], specialised in parasitology[32] and Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran[4], a microbiologist[33], 1845–1922[34], of France[35], awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine[36], specialised in malaria[37]. Things named for malaria include World Malaria Day[38], a world day[39], in Internationality[40], founded in 2007[41].

Why It Matters

malaria ranks in the top 0.1% of class_of_disease entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,361 views/month, #2 of 1,968).[2] malaria has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[42] malaria is known by 47 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]

Entities named for malaria include World Malaria Day[38], a world day[39], in Internationality[40], founded in 2007[41].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

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Inline context (facts about related entities)

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [42] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [43] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 25d ago · Rose Abrams · 2026-09-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Dagens nyheter topic id → malaria
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P3509]]: malaria, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/52111724|Malaria (#52111724)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/488|DN topic]] #mix'n'match"
  2. 4w ago · Trivialist · 2026-09-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    New georgia encyclopedia id → science-medicine/malaria
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P4903]]: science-medicine/malaria, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/40403658|Malaria (#40403658)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/1016|New Georg"
  3. 12w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → parasitic protozoa infectious disease, vector-borne disease, endemic disease
    P14541 → 1R4dnp
    Instance of → class of disease
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  4. 13w ago · JhealdBatch bot · 2026-07-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → parasitic protozoa infectious disease, vector-borne disease, endemic disease
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/39732|batch #39732]]: rm redundant subclass"
  5. 14w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → malaria
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: malaria, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289944553|malaria (#289944553)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'm"
  6. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|6 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 14908, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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