Malaria terms starting with E

15 terms

  1. Efficacy Effectiveness. In medicine, the ability of an intervention (for example, a drug or surgery) to produce the desired beneficial effect.
  2. Elimination In the context of malaria, reducing all local transmission down to zero cases within a defined geographic location.
  3. Endemic Where disease occurs on a consistent basis.
  4. Endophagic An endophagic mosquito is a mosquito that feeds indoors.
  5. Endophilic An endophilic mosquito is a mosquito that tends to inhabit/rest indoors. Endophilism facilitates the blocking of malaria transmission through application…
  6. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) This laboratory test is now often used to determine whether mosquito salivary glands are positive for sporozoites.
  7. Epidemic A disease that occurs clearly in excess of normal expectation and spreads rapidly through a demographic segment of the human population.
  8. Epidemiology (EH-pih-dee-mee-AH-loh-jee) The study of the patterns, causes, and control of disease in groups of people.
  9. Eradication In the context of malaria, reducing the number of malaria parasites that circulate in the natural world to zero.
  10. Erythrocyte (eh-RITH-roh-site) A cell that carries oxygen to all parts of the body. Also called RBC and red blood cell.
  11. Erythrocytic stage A stage in the life cycle of the malaria parasite found in the red blood cells. Erythrocytic stage parasites cause the symptoms of malaria.
  12. Etiology (EE-tee-AH-loh-jee) The cause or origin of disease.
  13. Exoerythrocytic stage A stage in the life cycle of the malaria parasite found in liver cells (hepatocytes). Exoerythrocytic stage parasites do not cause symptoms.
  14. Exophagic An exophagic mosquito is a mosquito that feeds outdoors.
  15. Exophilic An exophilic mosquito tends to inhabit/rest outdoors. Residual insecticides in buildings are less effective at controlling exophilic mosquitoes.