malaria

malaria
noun

[mass noun]an intermittent and remittent fever caused by a protozoan parasite which invades the red blood cells and is transmitted by mosquitoes in many tropical and subtropical regions
疟疾
The parasite belongs to the genus Plasmodium (phylum Sporozoa) and is transmitted by female mosquitoes of the genus Anopheles
该寄生虫为疟原虫属（孢子虫门)，由按蚊属雌蚊传播
The frequency of episodes of fever and sweating varies in different forms of the disease; malignant malaria causes a nearly continuous fever and may be fatal. Effective drugs have been developed (the earliest was quinine), but the parasite is becoming resistant in some areas, and its eradication depends largely on control of the mosquito

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malarial
adjective
malarian
adjective
malarious
adjective
语源

mid 18th cent.: from Italian, from mal'aria, contracted form of mala aria 'bad air'. The term originally denoted the unwholesome atmosphere caused by the exhalations of marshes, to which the disease was formerly attributed

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