Malaria: Multimedia

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Further Reading

Keywords

malaria, ague, mosquito, Plasmodium vivax, P vivax, Plasmodium ovale, P ovale, Plasmodium malariae, P malariae, Plasmodium falciparum, P falciparum, Anopheles mosquito, malarial fever, quartan malaria, tertian malaria, algid malaria

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