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The cells, tissues and organs that assist the body to resist infection and disease by producing antibodies and/or cells that inhibit the multiplication of the infectious agent.
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Protection generated by the body's immune system, in response to previous malaria attacks, resulting in ability to control or lessen a malaria attack.
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The process or procedure by which a subject (person, animal, or plant) is rendered immune, or resistant to a specific disease. This term is often used interchangeably with vaccination or inoculation, although the act of inoculation does not always result in immunity.
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Malaria acquired outside a specific geographic area.
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The interval of time between infection by a microorganism and the onset of the illness or the first symptoms of the illness. In malaria, the incubation is between the mosquito bite and the first symptoms. Incubation periods range from 7 to 40 days, depending on species.
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Mosquito-borne transmission of malaria in a geographic area where malaria occurs regularly.
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Treatment of houses where people spend night-time hours, by spraying insecticides that have residual efficacy (i.e., that continue to affect mosquitoes for several months). Residual insecticide spraying aims to kills mosquitoes when they come to rest on the walls, usually after a blood meal. Â
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Malaria acquired through artificial means (e.g. blood transfusion, shared needles or syringes, or malariotherapy).
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The invasion of an organism by a pathogen such as bacteria, viruses, or parasites. Some, but not all, infections lead to disease.
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Mosquito-borne transmission of malaria from an imported case in a geographic area where malaria does not occur regularly.
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