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A reduction in the number of circulating red blood cells or in the quantity of hemoglobin.
- Browse Related Terms: Anemia, Cerebral malaria, Defervescence, Erythrocyte, G6PD deficiency, Hematocrit, Hematologic, Hemoglobin, Hemolysis, Induced malaria, Jaundice, Parasitemia, Recrudescence
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A genus of mosquito, some species of which can transmit human malaria.
- Browse Related Terms: Anopheles, Bacteria, Congenital malaria, etiology, immune system, infection, Parasite, pathogen, Resistance, Sequelae, Species, Vector, Vector competence
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Lack of appetite, lack of desire or interest in food.
- Browse Related Terms: anorexia, antibody, antigen, Coma, efficacy, Immunity, lymphocyte, Serology, Splenectomy, splenomegaly
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Describes mosquitoes that prefer to take blood meals from humans.
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A drug that kills or slows the growth of bacteria. Example: penicillin.
- Browse Related Terms: antibiotic, Antimicrobial agents, Antimicrobial resistance, Aralen, Chloroquine, Cryptic malaria, DEET, Diurnal, drug resistance, Fansidar, Halofantrine, Icterus, prophylaxis, Rigor, Sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine, vaccine
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A specialized serum protein (immunoglobulin or gamma globulin) produced by B lymphocytes in the blood in response to an exposure to foreign proteins ("antigens"). The antibodies specifically bind to the antigens that induced the immune response. Antibodies help defend the body against infectious agents such as bacteria, viruses or parasites.
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Any substance that stimulates the immune system to produce antibodies. Antigens are often foreign substances such as parts of invading bacteria, viruses or parasites.
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The drugs, chemicals, or other substances that kill or slow the growth of microbes. They include antibacterial drugs (which kill bacteria), antiviral agents (which kill viruses), antifungal agents (which kill fungi), and antiparasitic drugs (which kill parasites).
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Antimicrobial resistance is the result of microbes changing in ways that reduce or eliminate the effectiveness of drugs, chemicals, or other agents to cure or prevent infections.
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A brand name for chloroquine phosphate.
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A class of drugs used for the treatment (not prevention) of malaria usually as a part of a combination therapy, derived from the sweet wormwood or Qinghao plant (Artemisia annua).
- Browse Related Terms: Artemisinins, Atovaquone, Chemoprophylaxis, Cinchonism, Clindamycin, Doxycycline, Hypoglycemia, Lariam, Malarone, Mefloquine, Presumptive treatment, Primaquine, Proguanil, Quinine, tetracycline, Tinnitus
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A drug used against malaria. It is found in the combination atovaquone-proguanil which can be used for both prevention and treatment.
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Regarding malaria, it refers to local transmission by mosquitoes. This can either be indigenous (a geographic area where malaria occurs regularly) or introduced (in a geographic area where malaria does not occur regularly).
- Browse Related Terms: Autochthonous, Elimination, Endemic, Epidemic, Eradication, immunization, Imported malaria, Indigenous malaria, Introduced malaria, Zoonosis
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White blood cells of the immune system that are derived from the bone marrow and spleen. B cells develop into plasma cells, which produce antibodies.
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(singular: Bacterium) Single-celled organisms that are found throughout nature and can be beneficial or cause disease.
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A chemical product used as an insecticide.
- Browse Related Terms: Carbamate, Deltamethrin, Endophagic, Endophilic, Exophagic, Exophilic, Indoor residual spraying (IRS), Permethrin, Pyrethroid, Residual insecticide spraying
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A severemalaria syndrome in which infected red blood cells obstruct blood circulation in the small blood vessels in the brain and/or release cytokines that disrupt normal brain function.
- Browse Related Terms: Anemia, Cerebral malaria, Defervescence, Erythrocyte, G6PD deficiency, Hematocrit, Hematologic, Hemoglobin, Hemolysis, Induced malaria, Jaundice, Parasitemia, Recrudescence
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The use of antimalarial drugs to prevent malaria disease.
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A drug used against malaria for both prevention and treatment. A very safe and inexpensive drug, its value has been compromised by the emergence of chloroquine-resistant malaria parasites.
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Side effects from quinine or quinidine. Includes tinnitus, headache, nausea, diarrhea, altered auditory acuity, and blurred vision. The term derives from cinchona bark, the natural source of quinine.
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