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• Quinine
  | legal_status = quinine is now banned in Australia unless specifically for Malaria due to its tendency to kill blood platelets. Quinine was the first effective treatment for [[malaria]] caused by ''[[Plasmodium falciparum]]'', appearing in therapeutics in the
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• Mefloquine
  ...antimalarial drug]] used prophylactically against and as a treatment for [[malaria]]. It also goes by the trade name '''Lariam''' (manufactured by [[Hoffmann ...treatment of [[chloroquine]]-resistant [[Plasmodium falciparum|falciparum malaria]]. As mefloquine resistance spreads, mefloquine has started to lose its ef
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• Chloroquine
  ...}) is a [[4-aminoquinoline]] drug used in the treatment or prevention of [[malaria]]. ...in 1947 for the prophylactic treatment of malaria.<ref>http://www.cdc.gov/malaria/history/index.htm#chloroquine</ref>
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• Clindamycin
  ...ria]] but can also be used to treat some [[protozoa]]l diseases, such as [[malaria]]. It is a common [[topical]] treatment for [[acne]] and can be useful agai ==== Malaria ====
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• Doxycycline
  It is used in [[prophylaxis]] against [[malaria]]. ...lay is related to its mechanism of action. Its mechanism of action against malaria is to specifically impair the progeny of the [[apicoplast]] genes resulting
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• Dapsone
  Dapsone is used in combination with [[pyrimethamine]] in the treatment of [[malaria]].<ref>{{cite pmid|19450348}}</ref><ref>{{cite pmid|17934257}}</ref>Dapsone ...A, Phillips-Howard PA. Adverse reactions to sulfa drugs: implications for malaria chemotherapy. Bull WHO 1991; 69: 297–304.</ref>
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• Methylene blue
  ====Malaria==== ...identified by [[Paul Ehrlich]] about 1891 as a successful treatment for [[malaria]]. It disappeared as an anti-malarial during the [[Pacific War]] in the tro
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• Azithromycin
  ...r quinine for the treatment of uncomplicated ''[[Plasmodium falciparum]]'' malaria in adults: a randomised, phase 2 clinical trial in Thailand | journel=Clin
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• Paracetamol
  ...96. Retrieved on August 17, 2007.</ref> Cinchona bark also gave the anti-[[malaria]] drug [[quinine]], which also [[antipyretic|reduces fever]]. Efforts to re
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• Tetracycline
  ...rld where malaria is endemic.<ref>http://wwwn.cdc.gov/TRAVEL/yellowBookCh4-Malaria.aspx</ref>
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• Fever
  ..., ''e.g.'', [[malaria]], [[kala-azar]], [[pyaemia]], or [[septicemia]]. In malaria, there may be a fever with a periodicity of 24 hours (quotidian), 48 hours * [[Infectious disease]], ''e.g.'', [[influenza]], [[HIV]], [[malaria]], [[infectious mononucleosis]], or [[gastroenteritis]]
  27 KB (3,703 words) - 20:20, 20 September 2010
• Blood-borne disease
  ...be found in blood. Vector-borne diseases include [[West Nile virus]] and [[malaria]]. ...ilman, Entomologist, Harvard School of Hygiene and Public Health] Freeview Malaria video by the Vega Science Trust.
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• Nosocomial infection
  |author=Jain SK, Persaud D, Perl TM, ''et al.'' |title=Nosocomial malaria and saline flush |journal=Emerging Infect. Dis. |volume=11 |issue=7 |pages=
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• Bernardino Ramazzini
  ...[cinchona]] bark (from which [[quinine]] is derived) in the treatment of [[Malaria]]. His most important contribution to medicine was his book on occupationa ==Malaria==
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• Gluconic acid
  ...inine, which is used for [[intramuscular injection]] in the treatment of [[malaria]]. [[Zinc]] gluconate injections are used to [[neutering|neuter]] male dog
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• List of eponymous medical treatments
  ...tment of [[general paresis of the insane]] by infecting the patient with [[malaria]] || {{WhoNamedIt|synd|3312|Wagner&ndash;Jauregg therapy}}
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• List of atlases
  *[http://www.map.ox.ac.uk Malaria Atlas Project].
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• List of diseases (M)
  * [[Malaria]]
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• List of notifiable diseases
  | [[Malaria]] | [[Malaria]]
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• List of diseases caused by insects
  ...pathogens by two main mechanisms. Either via their bite, as in the case of malaria spread by mosquitoes, or via their faeces, as in the case of Chagas' Diseas ...vertebrate vector and transmit a wide range of tropical diseases including malaria, dengue fever and yellow fever. Another large group of vectors are flies. S
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