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malaria n.an intermittent and remittent fever caused by a protozoan parasite that invades the red blood cells. The parasite is transmitted by mosquitoes in many tropical and subtropical regions.
malarial adj. mid 18th cent.: from Italian, from
mal'aria, contracted form of
mala aria ‘bad air.’ The term originally denoted the unwholesome atmosphere caused by the exhalations of marshes, to which the disease was formerly attributed.
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Malaria in Travelers to India: Is the Risk Decreasing?
Magazine article from: ED Nursing; 8/1/2009; 700+ words
; Malaria in Travelers to India: Is the Risk Decreasing...relative to this field of study. Synopsis: Malaria incidence decreased substantially among...Chiodini P, Legros F, et al. The risk of malaria in travelers to India. J Travel Med 2009...
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Malaria Risk in Travelers.
Newspaper article from: Travel Medicine Advisor; 12/1/2004; 700+ words
; Malaria Risk in Travelers Abstract & Commentary...characteristics associated with the acquisition of malaria. Travel to sub-Saharan Africa and Oceania...highest relative risk for acquisition of malaria infections. The most common reason for...
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Malaria.(Guest editorial)
Magazine article from: CME: Your SA Journal of CPD; 6/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...readily preventable and treatable disease, malaria continues to cause illness and death among...remarkably successful in reducing the risk of malaria transmission within our borders, as outlined...Maharaj, the case fatality rate from malaria has not decreased. There are a number...
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Malaria eradication in Mexico : Some historico-parasitological views on cold war, deadly fevers by Marcos Cueto, Ph.D.(Book review)(Book review)
Magazine article from: Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine; 6/2/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...details The book Cold War, Deadly Fevers: Malaria Eradication in Mexico, 1955-1975 is...the World Health Organization's global malaria eradication program as it unfolded in...underlying the global effort to conquer malaria, launched in 1955; like a portraitist...
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Malaria on the rise, children most vulnerable; World Bank, WHO, UNICEF, and UNDP, call for much more action in the fight against Malaria.
M2 Presswire; 4/18/2001; 700+ words
; ...PRESSWIRE-18 April 2001-WORLD BANK: Malaria on the rise, children most vulnerable...much more action in the fight against Malaria (C)1994-2001 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:18042001 WASHINGTON -- Malaria, is one of the world's most important...
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Malaria fight in Africa needs better donor coordination and more financial help, says World Bank Chief; Disease kills more than a million people each year and blunts economic growth.
M2 Presswire; 9/8/2005; 700+ words
; ...PRESSWIRE-8 September 2005-WORLD BANK: Malaria fight in Africa needs better donor coordination...faster progress in their fight against malaria, the World Bank, and other partners...support for African countries fighting malaria, World Bank President, Paul Wolfowitz...
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Malaria Control in South America--Response to P.C. Matteson.(response to article in this issue, p. 147)
Magazine article from: Emerging Infectious Diseases; 3/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...resistance has contributed to increasing malaria. While drug resistance is important...progressively increase (12). Moreover, malaria has increased in Central America, where...6). As for attributing increasing malaria to deteriorating public health systems...
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'Malaria No More' Launched At White House Summit
Newspaper article from: U.S. Newswire; 12/14/2006; 700+ words
; ...message from the White House Summit on Malaria, hosted by President George Bush and Laura Bush. "Malaria No More" was launched at the summit by...profit leaders seeking to end deaths from malaria. More than 15 million Americans will be...
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Malaria No More and The White House Ensure Record Protection Against Malaria in Africa
Newspaper article from: U.S. Newswire; 4/25/2007; 700+ words
; ...USNewswire/ -- On the first ever Malaria Awareness Day in the U.S., MalariaNoMore.org and the President's Malaria Initiative (PMI) announced new joint...treated bed nets in Uganda, where malaria kills as many as 110,000 people...
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Malaria epidemics and surveillance systems in Canada.(Perspectives)
Magazine article from: Emerging Infectious Diseases; 7/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...decade, fluctuations in numbers of imported malaria cases have been seen in Canada. In 1997 to 1998, malaria case numbers more than doubled before returning...industrialized country. The Canadian federal malaria surveillance system collects insufficient...
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Malaria
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
Malaria Definition Malaria is a serious infectious disease spread by certain mosquitoes. It...The disease can be treated with medication, but it often recurs. Malaria is endemic (occurs frequently in a particular locality) in many...
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malaria
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
malaria infectious parasitic disease that can be...or chronic and is frequently recurrent. Malaria is common in Africa, Central and South...infect humans. Symptoms At the onset of malaria, bouts of chills (ague) and fever lasting...
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Malaria and the Physiology of Parasitic Infections
Book article from: World of Microbiology and Immunology
Malaria and the physiology of parasitic infections Malaria is a disease caused by a unicellular parasite known as...geographically widespread of the species and the cause of most malaria cases diagnosed in the United States. Plasmodium malariae...
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Yellow Fever and Malaria
Book article from: American Eras
Yellow Fever and Malaria Dreaded Diseases . Yellow fever and malaria, two of the most feared diseases of the period, were...jaundice that makes the skin turn yellow, while with malaria, parasites build up rapidly in the liver, and the...
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Grassi, Giovanni Battista
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
...flies. Grassi made his first observations on malaria in 1890, when in collaboration with Raimondo...collaboration with Feletti, Grassi worked on malaria in 1891 and 1892 and discovered the malaria parasite of birds (Proteosoma praecox , very...
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