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Puerto Rico |
An island in the Greater Antilles in the West Indies. Its capital is San Juan. It is a self-governing commonwealth in union with the United States. It was discovered by Columbus in 1493 but no colonization was attempted until 1508. It belonged to Spain until ceded to the United States in 1898. It became a commonwealth with autonomy in internal affairs in 1952. Columbus named the island San Juan for St. John's Day, the Monday he arrived, and the bay Puerto Rico, rich harbor. The island became Puerto Rico officially in 1932. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p987 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p436) |
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Disease Vectors |
Invertebrates or non-human vertebrates which transmit infective organisms from one host to another. |
Infectious Disease Vectors,Disease Vector,Disease Vector, Infectious,Disease Vectors, Infectious,Infectious Disease Vector,Vector, Disease,Vector, Infectious Disease,Vectors, Disease,Vectors, Infectious Disease |
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Animals |
Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. |
Animal,Metazoa,Animalia |
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Biomphalaria |
A genus of planorbid freshwater snails, species of which are intermediate hosts of Schistosoma mansoni. |
Australorbis,Australorbis glabratus,Australorbi,Biomphalarias |
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Schistosoma mansoni |
A species of trematode blood flukes of the family Schistosomatidae. It is common in the Nile delta. The intermediate host is the planorbid snail. This parasite causes schistosomiasis mansoni and intestinal bilharziasis. |
Schistosoma mansonus,mansonus, Schistosoma |
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Sunlight |
Irradiation directly from the sun. |
Sunshine |
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Venezuela |
A country in northern South America, bordering the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, located between Colombia and Guyana. |
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