What is Malaria? A Basic Definition

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;
      miasma. [Archaic]
     
         [1913 Webster]

   Note: The morbific agent in malaria is
         supposed by some to be
         a vegetable microbe or its spores, and by others to be
         a very minute animal blood parasite (an infusorian).
         [1913 Webster]

   2. (Med.) A human disease caused by
         infection of red blood
      cells by a protozoan of the
         genus Plasmodium,
         giving
      rise to fever and chills
         and many other symptoms,
      characterized by their
         tendency to recur at definite and
      usually uniform
         intervals. The protozoal infection is
      usually
         transmitted from another infected individual by
      the
         bite of an Anopheles
         mosquito.
      [1913 Webster +PJC]
         Malarian
      Malarial

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Off-site Malaria Links, User Submitted

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Sun Jul 20

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• MedlinePlus Interactive Tutorials: Malaria: Students, this is an excellent learning site for malaria, one of the global diseases we cover in Bioengineering /World Health. It requires Flash Player to view.

Sat Jul 19

• MD Travel Health - Peru - vaccinations, malaria, safety, and other medical advice: vaccination website

Fri Jul 18

• Your account

Thu Jul 17

• Gran avance en la lucha contra la malaria
• New Scientist Short Sharp Science Blog: Malaria meds have knock-on effect in bacteria
• Malaria gene 'increases HIV risk'
• Gene Variation May Raise Risk of H.I.V., Study Finds: A genetic variation that once protected people in sub-Saharan Africa from a now extinct form of malaria may have left them somewhat more vulnerable to infection by H.I.V., the virus that causes AIDS.

Wed Jul 16

• Mosquirix ? Promising New Vaccine for Global Health? " Technology, Health & Development
• Scientists make gene link to African HIV epidemic - Times Online: Sadly there will be churches where the preacher will equate this with God's love, or lack thereof.
• Mosquitoes and Malaria information
• Malaria drug may hit antibiotics
• BBC NEWS | Technology | Software maps Rwandan health
• Malaria drug may hit antibiotics: kanad. Team sagt, Anti-Malaira Medis machen Bakterien antibiotikares istent
• Insect Repellent - Mosi-Band ? Dry Insect Repellent Bands

Tue Jul 15

• 'Breakthrough' in malaria fight
• The Rohde Foundation - Heal the Home Africa
• Scientists Identify "Exported" Proteins in Malaria - Medgadget - www.medgadget. com
• Malaria - Insect Repellents
• Home | Nothing But Nets Campaign

Off-site Malaria Research Links

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