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

• Malaria vaccine — Malaria vaccines are an area of intensive research. However, there is no effective vaccine that has been introduced into clinical practice. The global burden of P. falciparum malaria increased through the 1990s due to drug resistant parasites and …   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

• malaria — n. 1 an intermittent and remittent fever caused by a protozoan parasite of the genus Plasmodium, introduced by the bite of a mosquito. 2 archaic an unwholesome atmosphere caused by the exhalations of marshes, to which this fever was formerly… …   Useful english dictionary

• 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

• Avian malaria — Taxobox color = khaki name = Plasmodium relictum domain = Eukaryota unranked phylum = Alveolata phylum = Apicomplexa classis = Aconoidasida ordo = Haemosporida familia = Plasmodiidae genus = Plasmodium species = P. relictum species authority =… …   Wikipedia

• 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

• Crownsville Hospital Center — Crownsville Hospital Center, February 8, 2010. Photo by Webb Zahn. The Crownsville Hospital Center is a former psychiatric hospital located in Crownsville, Maryland. It was in operation from 1911 to 2004. History The facility was enabled by an… …   Wikipedia

• Plasmodium malariae — Malaria parasite 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 Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Plasmodium subgenus Laverania falciferum — Malaria parasite 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 Collaborative International Dictionary of English