A report on Malaria
Mosquito-borne infectious disease that affects humans and other animals.
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Miasma theory
0 linksObsolete medical theory that held that diseases—such as cholera, chlamydia, or the Black Death—were caused by a miasma (μίασμα, Ancient Greek for 'pollution'), a noxious form of "bad air", also known as night air.
Obsolete medical theory that held that diseases—such as cholera, chlamydia, or the Black Death—were caused by a miasma (μίασμα, Ancient Greek for 'pollution'), a noxious form of "bad air", also known as night air.
The idea also gave rise to the name malaria (literally 'bad air') through medieval Italian.
Jesuit's bark
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Jesuit's bark, also known as cinchona bark, Peruvian bark or China bark, is a former remedy for malaria, as the bark contains quinine used to treat the disease.
Gene drive
3 linksNatural process and technology of genetic engineering that propagates a particular suite of genes throughout a population by altering the probability that a specific allele will be transmitted to offspring .
Natural process and technology of genetic engineering that propagates a particular suite of genes throughout a population by altering the probability that a specific allele will be transmitted to offspring .
Proposed applications include exterminating insects that carry pathogens (notably mosquitoes that transmit malaria, dengue, and zika pathogens), controlling invasive species, or eliminating herbicide or pesticide resistance.
Blantyre coma scale
0 linksThe Blantyre coma scale is a modification of the Pediatric Glasgow Coma Scale, designed to assess malarial coma in children.
Eradication of infectious diseases
1 linksReduction of an infectious disease's prevalence in the global host population to zero.
Reduction of an infectious disease's prevalence in the global host population to zero.
There are four ongoing programs, targeting the human diseases poliomyelitis (polio), yaws, dracunculiasis (Guinea worm), and malaria.
Pontine Marshes
0 linksApproximately quadrangular area of former marshland in the Lazio Region of central Italy, extending along the coast southeast of Rome about 45 km from just east of Anzio to Terracina (ancient Tarracina), varying in distance inland between the Tyrrhenian Sea and the Volscian Mountains (the Monti Lepini in the north, the Monti Ausoni in the center, and the Monti Aurunci in the south) from 15 to 25 km. The northwestern border runs approximately from the mouth of the river Astura along the river and from its upper reaches to Cori in the Monti Lepini.
Approximately quadrangular area of former marshland in the Lazio Region of central Italy, extending along the coast southeast of Rome about 45 km from just east of Anzio to Terracina (ancient Tarracina), varying in distance inland between the Tyrrhenian Sea and the Volscian Mountains (the Monti Lepini in the north, the Monti Ausoni in the center, and the Monti Aurunci in the south) from 15 to 25 km. The northwestern border runs approximately from the mouth of the river Astura along the river and from its upper reaches to Cori in the Monti Lepini.
Meanwhile, frequent epidemics of malaria at Rome and elsewhere kept the reclamation issue alive.
Plasmodium ovale curtisi
1 linksPlasmodium ovale curtisi is a subspecies of parasitic protozoa that causes tertian malaria in humans.
Plasmodium ovale wallikeri
1 linksPlasmodium ovale wallikeri is a subspecies of parasitic protozoa that causes tertian malaria in humans.
National Malaria Eradication Program
1 linksLaunched in July 1947.
Launched in July 1947.
By 1951 this federal program—with state and local participation—had reduced the incidence of malaria in the United States to the point that the program was officially ended, though as of 2012, malaria still kills 1300–1500 people in the US every year.