common malaria mosquito

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• Malaria — Classification and external resources Ring forms and gametocytes of Plasmodium falciparum in human blood. ICD 10 B …   Wikipedia

• Mosquito control — Mosquitos are generally considered annoying and may also transmit diseases, thus leading to a variety of human efforts to eradicate or reduce their presence. Mosquito control manages the population of mosquitoes to reduce their damage to human… …   Wikipedia

• Malaria parasite — Any of several minute protozoans of the genus {Plasmodium} (syn. {H[ae]matozo[ o]n}) which in their adult condition live in the tissues of mosquitoes of the genus {Anopheles} (which see) and when transferred to the blood of man, by the bite of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• 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

• Mosquito — For other uses, see Mosquito (disambiguation). Mosquito A female mosquito Culiseta longiareolata Scientific classification Kingdom …   Wikipedia

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

• Malaria — An infectious disease caused by protozoan parasites from the Plasmodium family that can be transmitted by the sting of the Anopheles mosquito or by a contaminated needle or transfusion. Falciparum malaria is the most deadly type. The symptoms of… …   Medical dictionary

• Mosquito-borne disease — Endemic range of yellow fever in Africa (2005) …   Wikipedia

• malaria — ma|lar|i|a [məˈleəriə US ˈler ] n [U] [Date: 1700 1800; : Italian; Origin: mala aria bad air ; because it was believed that the disease came from gases rising from wet land] a disease that is common in hot countries and that you get when a type… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• malaria — noun (U) a disease common in hot countries that is caused when an infected mosquito bites you malarial adjective: malarial fever …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• 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