Plasmodium falciparum malaria is disease caused by infection of red blood cells with protozoan parasites of species Plasmodium falciparum, inoculated into the human by a feeding female anopheles mosquito. The first symptoms of malaria are nonspecific including fever, headache, and vomiting, but if the disease progresses, malaria can quickly become life-threatening by massive haemolysis.
Coding note
Includes mixed infections of Plasmodium falciparum with any other Plasmodium species.