La malaria (detta anche paludismo) è una parassitosi, malattia provocata da parassiti protozoi del genere Plasmodium (Regno Protista, Phylum Apicomplexa, Classe Sporozoea, Ordine Eucoccidiida).Fra le varie specie di parassita Plasmodium, quattro sono le più diffuse, ma la più pericolosa è il Plasmodium falciparum, con il più alto tasso di mortalità fra i soggetti infestati.

Malaria cases increased in South America after countries in that continent stopped using DDT. Research data showed a strong negative relationship between DDT residual house sprayings and malaria. In a research from 1993 to 1995, Ecuador increased its use of DDT and achieved a 61% reduction in malaria rates, while each of the other countries ...

Malaria prophylaxis is the preventive treatment of malaria. Several malaria vaccines are under development. For pregnant women who are living in malaria endemic areas, routine malaria chemoprevention is recommended. It improves anemia and parasite level in the blood for the pregnant women and the birthweight in their infants.

Disease in colonial America that afflicted the early immigrant settlers was a dangerous threat to life. Some of the diseases were new and treatments were ineffective. Malaria was deadly to many new arrivals, especially in the Southern colonies. Of newly arrived able-bodied young men, over one-fourth of the Anglican missionaries died within five years of their arrival in the Carolinas.

He died after he took the blood of a student suffering from malaria and tuberculosis, who may have also had the wrong blood type. Thomas Midgley, Jr. (1889–1944) was an American engineer and chemist who contracted polio at age 51, leaving him severely disabled. He devised an elaborate system of ropes and pulleys to help others lift him from bed.

Artemether/lumefantrine, sold under the trade name Coartem among others, is a combination of the two medications artemether and lumefantrine. It is used to treat malaria caused by Plasmodium falciparum that is not treatable with chloroquine. It is not typically used to prevent malaria. It is taken by mouth. Common side effects include muscle and joint pains, fever, loss …

An inotrope is an agent that alters the force or energy of muscular contractions.Negatively inotropic agents weaken the force of muscular contractions. Positively inotropic agents increase the strength of muscular contraction. The term inotropic state is most commonly used in reference to various drugs that affect the strength of contraction of heart muscle.

Geneva (/ dʒ ɪ ˈ n iː v ə / jin-EE-və; French: Genève ()) is the second-most populous city in Switzerland (after Zürich) and the most populous city of Romandy, the French-speaking part of Switzerland.Situated in the south west of the country, where the Rhône exits Lake Geneva, it is the capital of the Republic and Canton of Geneva.. The city of Geneva (ville de Genève) had a ...

A gin and tonic is a highball cocktail made with gin and tonic water poured over a large amount of ice. The ratio of gin to tonic varies according to taste, strength of the gin, other drink mixers being added, etc., with most recipes calling for a ratio between 1:1 and 1:3. It is usually garnished with a slice or wedge of lime.To preserve effervescence, the tonic can be poured down a bar …

Water security is the focused goal of water policy and water management.A society with a high level of water security makes the most of water's benefits for humans and ecosystems and limits the risk of destructive impacts associated with water. These include too much water (flood), too little water (drought and water scarcity) or poor quality water.

Die Sichelzellkrankheit (auch Sichelzell(en)anämie) oder Drepanozytose ist eine erbliche Erkrankung der roten Blutkörperchen (Erythrozyten).Sie gehört zur Gruppe der Hämoglobinopathien (Störungen des Hämoglobins) und führt zu einer korpuskulären hämolytischen Anämie.Bei den Betroffenen liegt eine Mutation der β-Kette des Hämoglobins …

Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a group of blood disorders typically inherited from a person's parents. The most common type is known as sickle cell anaemia. It results in an abnormality in the oxygen-carrying protein haemoglobin found in red blood cells. This leads to a rigid, sickle-like shape under certain circumstances. Problems in sickle cell disease typically begin around 5 …

Parotitis; Parotid gland (center left) Specialty: Infectious diseases : Parotitis is an inflammation of one or both parotid glands, the major salivary glands located on either side of the face, in humans. The parotid gland is the salivary gland most commonly affected by inflammation.

Der Glucose-6-phosphat-Dehydrogenase-Mangel (kurz: G6PD(H)-Mangel; Synonyme: Favismus, Favabohnen-Krankheit, manchmal auch Fabismus) ist ein angeborener Mangel des Enzyms Glucose-6-phosphat-Dehydrogenase beim Menschen durch Mutation des G6PD-Gens auf dem X-Chromosom, Abschnitt q28 (Xq28).Der Mangel des Enzyms G6PD führt durch …