Malaria — Classification and external resources Ring forms and gametocytes of Plasmodium falciparum in human blood. ICD 10 B … Wikipedia
Malaria — Trofozoítos (formas anulares) y gametocitos de Plasmodium falciparum en sangre humana. Clasificación y recursos externos … Wikipedia Español
mosquito — ► sustantivo masculino 1 ZOOLOGÍA Insecto díptero de cuerpo fino y alargado y un solo par de alas alargadas y estrechas, cuya hembra pica al hombre y a los animales para alimentarse de su sangre. (Anopheles, Culex y Stegomyia.) 2 ZOOLOGÍA Larva… … Enciclopedia Universal
malaria mosquito — malaria mosquito, malarial mosquito malarial mosquito . A mosquito that transmits the malaria parasite; it is most commonly the {Anopheles} mosquito. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Malaria vaccine — Malaria vaccines are an area of intensive research. However, there is no effective vaccine that has been introduced into clinical practice. The global burden of P. falciparum malaria increased through the 1990s due to drug resistant parasites and … Wikipedia
Malaria prophylaxis — is a preventative treatment of malaria. Most adults from endemic areas have a degree of long term infection, which tends to recur, and also possess partial immunity (resistance); the resistance reduces with time, and such adults may become… … Wikipedia
Malaria parasite — Any of several minute protozoans of the genus {Plasmodium} (syn. {H[ae]matozo[ o]n}) which in their adult condition live in the tissues of mosquitoes of the genus {Anopheles} (which see) and when transferred to the blood of man, by the bite of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Malaria Consortium — Area served Africa, Asia Focus Health Website http://www.malariaconsortium.org/ Malaria Consortium is an in … Wikipedia
Mosquito coil — is mosquito repelling incense, usually shaped into a spiral, and typically made from a dried paste of pyrethrum powder. The coil is usually held at the center of the spiral, suspending it in the air, or wedged by two pieces of fireproof nettings… … Wikipedia
malaria parasite — n a protozoan of the sporozoan genus Plasmodium that is transmitted to humans or to certain other mammals or birds by the bite of a mosquito in which its sexual reproduction takes place, that multiplies asexually in the vertebrate host by… … Medical dictionary
malaria — ma*la ri*a, n. [It., contr. fr. malaaria bad air. See {Malice}, and Air.] 1. Air infected with some noxious substance capable of engendering disease; esp., an unhealthy exhalation from certain soils, as marshy or wet lands, producing fevers;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English