Malaria is a mosquito-borne infectious disease that affects vertebrates. Human malaria causes symptoms that typically include fever, fatigue, vomiting...
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Malaria! was a German experimental electronic band from West Berlin, formed in 1981 by Gudrun Gut and Bettina Köster following the dissolution of Mania...
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Malaria vaccines are vaccines that prevent malaria, a mosquito-borne infectious disease which affected an estimated 249 million people globally in 85 malaria...
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The history of malaria extends from its prehistoric origin as a zoonotic disease in the primates of Africa through to the 21st century. A widespread and...
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DDT (redirect from DDT use against malaria)
half of World War II to limit the spread of the insect-borne diseases malaria and typhus among civilians and troops. Müller was awarded the Nobel Prize...
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refer to: Malaria (1919 film), a German silent film Malaria (1943 film), a French drama film Malaria (2016 film), an Iranian drama film Malaria!, an experimental...
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Antimalarial medication (redirect from Anti-malaria medication)
agent, often naturally derived, that can be used to treat or to prevent malaria, in the latter case, most often aiming at two susceptible target groups...
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Malaria prophylaxis is the preventive treatment of malaria. Several malaria vaccines are under development. For pregnant women who are living in malaria...
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Avian malaria is a parasitic disease of birds, caused by parasite species belonging to the genera Plasmodium and Hemoproteus (phylum Apicomplexa, class...
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Plasmodium falciparum (redirect from Malaria, falciparum)
parasite of humans, and the deadliest species of Plasmodium that causes malaria in humans. The parasite is transmitted through the bite of a female Anopheles...
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Plasmodium vivax (redirect from Malaria, vivax)
recurring malaria. Although it is less virulent than Plasmodium falciparum, the deadliest of the five human malaria parasites, P. vivax malaria infections...
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Plasmodium (redirect from Malaria parasite)
blood cells. The ensuing destruction of host red blood cells can result in malaria. During this infection, some parasites are picked up by a blood-feeding...
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Malaria No More is a nonprofit organization that seeks to eradicate malaria. The organization has offices in the United States, as well as affiliates...
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Quinine is a medication used to treat malaria and babesiosis. This includes the treatment of malaria due to Plasmodium falciparum that is resistant to...
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The malaria therapy (or malaria inoculation, and sometimes malariotherapy) is an archaic medical procedure of treating diseases using artificial injection...
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Artemisinin (redirect from Artemisinin and malaria)
semisynthetic derivatives are a group of drugs used in the treatment of malaria due to Plasmodium falciparum. It was discovered in 1972 by Tu Youyou, who...
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Malaria has had a significant impact on the history of the Caribbean, due to its effects on the colonization of the islands and the corresponding impact...
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Mosquito-malaria theory (or sometimes mosquito theory) was a scientific theory developed in the latter half of the 19th century that solved the question...
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Mosquito net (redirect from Anti malaria bed net)
to be an extremely effective method of malaria prevention, averting approximately 663 million cases of malaria over the period 2000–2015. Mosquito netting...
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The mainstay of malaria diagnosis has been the microscopic examination of blood, utilizing blood films. Although blood is the sample most frequently used...
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which quinine is dissolved. Originally used as a prophylactic against malaria, modern tonic water typically has a significantly lower quinine content...
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The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (or simply the Global Fund) is an international financing and partnership organization that aims...
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progress, malaria in Madagascar remains a major health problem, and severe malaria is among the top five causes of reported overall mortality. Malaria epidemiology...
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Airport malaria, sometimes known as baggage, luggage or suitcase malaria, occurs when a malaria infected female Anopheles mosquito travels by aircraft...
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Plasmodium malariae (redirect from Quartan Malaria)
Plasmodium malariae is a parasitic protozoan that causes malaria in humans. It is one of several species of Plasmodium parasites that infect other organisms...
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Ned Nwoko (section Malaria eradication advocacy)
January 2020, he undertook a symbolic expedition to Antarctica to flag off a Malaria Eradication Project. Prince Chinedu (Ned) Munir Nwoko was born in December...
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Target Malaria is a not-for-profit international research consortium that aims to co-develop and share novel genetic technologies to help control malaria in...
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Malaria No More UK is a charity working to combat malaria in Africa. The Malaria No More UK office is located in London. Malaria No More UK launched in...
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for Physiology or Medicine in 1902 for his work on the transmission of malaria, becoming the first British Nobel laureate, and the first born outside...
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Mefloquine (section Malaria prevention)
brand name Lariam among others, is a medication used to prevent or treat malaria. When used for prevention it is typically started before potential exposure...
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