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• N,N-diethylmetatoluamide, an ingredient of insect repellents.

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  DEET. (n.d.). Malaria Glossary. Retrieved March 28, 2023, from website: http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/deet.

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  DEET. www.cdc.gov. Malaria Glossary. CDC. http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/deet (accessed: March 28, 2023).

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  "DEET." Malaria Glossary. CDC. 28 March. 2023 http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/deet.

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• The reduction of a patient's abnormally elevated temperature into the normal range.

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  Defervescence. (n.d.). Malaria Glossary. Retrieved March 28, 2023, from website: http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/defervescence.

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  Defervescence. www.cdc.gov. Malaria Glossary. CDC. http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/defervescence (accessed: March 28, 2023).

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  "Defervescence." Malaria Glossary. CDC. 28 March. 2023 http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/defervescence.

• Browse Related Terms: Anemia, Cerebral malaria, Defervescence, Erythrocyte, G6PD deficiency, Hematocrit, Hematologic, Hemoglobin, Hemolysis, Induced malaria, Jaundice, Parasitemia, Recrudescence

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• An insecticide.

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  Deltamethrin. (n.d.). Malaria Glossary. Retrieved March 28, 2023, from website: http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/deltamethrin.

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  Deltamethrin. www.cdc.gov. Malaria Glossary. CDC. http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/deltamethrin (accessed: March 28, 2023).

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  "Deltamethrin." Malaria Glossary. CDC. 28 March. 2023 http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/deltamethrin.

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• During the daytime.

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  Diurnal. (n.d.). Malaria Glossary. Retrieved March 28, 2023, from website: http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/diurnal.

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  Diurnal. www.cdc.gov. Malaria Glossary. CDC. http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/diurnal (accessed: March 28, 2023).

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  "Diurnal." Malaria Glossary. CDC. 28 March. 2023 http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/diurnal.

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• An antibiotic drug that can be used against malaria; by itself for prevention or in combination with either quinine or quinidine when used for treatment.

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  Doxycycline. (n.d.). Malaria Glossary. Retrieved March 28, 2023, from website: http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/doxycycline.

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  Doxycycline. www.cdc.gov. Malaria Glossary. CDC. http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/doxycycline (accessed: March 28, 2023).

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  "Doxycycline." Malaria Glossary. CDC. 28 March. 2023 http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/doxycycline.

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• Drug 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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  drug resistance. (n.d.). Malaria Glossary. Retrieved March 28, 2023, from website: http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/drug-resistance.

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  drug resistance. www.cdc.gov. Malaria Glossary. CDC. http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/drug-resistance (accessed: March 28, 2023).

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  "drug resistance." Malaria Glossary. CDC. 28 March. 2023 http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/drug-resistance.

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• Shallow, labored breathing.

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  dyspnea. (n.d.). Malaria Glossary. Retrieved March 28, 2023, from website: http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/dyspnea.

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  dyspnea. www.cdc.gov. Malaria Glossary. CDC. http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/dyspnea (accessed: March 28, 2023).

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  "dyspnea." Malaria Glossary. CDC. 28 March. 2023 http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/dyspnea.

• Browse Related Terms: dyspnea, Epidemiology, Gene, genetic diversity, Incubation period, Molecular methods, Paroxysm, Polymorphic, strain, Tachycardia, tachypnea, Virus

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