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malaria is carried by mosquitoes

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  • malaria — [[t]məle͟əriə[/t]] N UNCOUNT Malaria is a serious disease carried by mosquitoes which causes periods of fever …   English dictionary

  • malaria — malarial, malarian, malarious, adj. /meuh lair ee euh/, n. 1. Pathol. any of a group of diseases, usually intermittent or remittent, characterized by attacks of chills, fever, and sweating: formerly supposed to be due to swamp exhalations but now …   Universalium

  • History of malaria — The history of malaria predates humanity, as this ancient disease evolved before humans did. Malaria, a widespread and potentially lethal infectious disease, has afflicted people for much of human history, and has affected settlement patterns.… …   Wikipedia

  • Airport Malaria — Malaria contracted in or near an airport, transmitted by mosquitos that have been carried by planes from malarial regions. Neither the transmission of insects nor airport malaria are new. According to a 2000 W.H.O. report, the first discovery of… …   Dictionary of unconsidered lexicographical trifles

  • baggage malaria — n. Malaria contracted from the bite of a mosquito inadvertently transported from a malarial region in a person s baggage. Example Citations: Babbage malaria: The possibility of carrying infective mosquitoes within pieces of baggage to non endemic …   New words

  • Timeline of entomology - post 1900 — 1900 * Walter Reed, a United States Army major, was appointed president of a board to study infectious diseases in Cuba paying particular attention to yellow fever. He concurred with Carlos Finlay in idenitifying mosquitoes as the agent. *… …   Wikipedia

  • School of Tropical Medicine — The School of Tropical Medicine was established in 1921 in Calcutta (now Kolkata), India. Its establishment, was due to the results of a government initiative as well as private efforts, and was an important landmark in the development and… …   Wikipedia

  • marsh fever — malaria, type of infectious disease carried by mosquitoes …   English contemporary dictionary

  • Mosquito laser — The mosquito laser is a device invented by astrophysicist Lowell Wood to kill large numbers of mosquitoes to reduce the chance of people being infected with malaria.[1] Mosquitoes can carry the blood parasite of the genus plasmodium, which causes …   Wikipedia

  • Mosquito net — Ceiling hung mosquito netting. Frame hung mosquito netting …   Wikipedia

  • public health — public health, adj. health services to improve and protect community health, esp. sanitation, immunization, and preventive medicine. [1610 20] * * * Science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life, and promoting health through organized… …   Universalium

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