| D007303 |
Insect Vectors |
Insects that transmit infective organisms from one host to another or from an inanimate reservoir to an animate host. |
Insect Vector,Vector, Insect,Vectors, Insect |
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| D007814 |
Larva |
Wormlike or grublike stage, following the egg in the life cycle of insects, worms, and other metamorphosing animals. |
Maggots,Tadpoles,Larvae,Maggot,Tadpole |
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| D008288 |
Malaria |
A protozoan disease caused in humans by four species of the PLASMODIUM genus: PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PLASMODIUM OVALE; and PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; and transmitted by the bite of an infected female mosquito of the genus ANOPHELES. Malaria is endemic in parts of Asia, Africa, Central and South America, Oceania, and certain Caribbean islands. It is characterized by extreme exhaustion associated with paroxysms of high FEVER; SWEATING; shaking CHILLS; and ANEMIA. Malaria in ANIMALS is caused by other species of plasmodia. |
Marsh Fever,Plasmodium Infections,Remittent Fever,Infections, Plasmodium,Paludism,Fever, Marsh,Fever, Remittent,Infection, Plasmodium,Plasmodium Infection |
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| D010572 |
Pest Control, Biological |
Use of naturally-occuring or genetically-engineered organisms to reduce or eliminate populations of pests. |
Biological Pest Control,Biologic Pest Control,Pest Control, Biologic,Biologic Pest Controls,Biological Pest Controls,Pest Controls, Biologic,Pest Controls, Biological |
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| D003465 |
Culex |
A genus of mosquitoes (CULICIDAE) commonly found in tropical regions. Species of this genus are vectors for ST. LOUIS ENCEPHALITIS as well as many other diseases of man and domestic and wild animals. |
Culices |
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| D000818 |
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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| D000852 |
Anopheles |
A genus of mosquitoes (CULICIDAE) that are known vectors of MALARIA. |
Anopheles gambiae |
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| D001407 |
Bacillus |
A genus of BACILLACEAE that are spore-forming, rod-shaped cells. Most species are saprophytic soil forms with only a few species being pathogenic. |
Bacillus bacterium |
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| D001413 |
Bacillus thuringiensis |
A species of gram-positive bacteria which may be pathogenic for certain insects. It is used for the biological control of the Gypsy moth. |
Bacilan,Dipel,Thuricide |
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