DISEASES

Disease-gene associations mined from literature

Human genes for blackwater fever

Blackwater fever [DOID:14068]

A malaria that presents as a rare febrile complication of repeated malarial attacks characterized by intravascular haemolysis, haemoglobinuria and kidney failure, resulting from destruction of red blood cells caused by heavy parasitization with Plasmodium falciparum or Plasmodium vivax.

Synonyms:  blackwater fever,  blackwater fevers,  DOID:14068,  Hemoglobinuric, malaria,  Malarial Hemoglobinuria ...