Word: falciparum
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Falciparum malaria, untreated, is more likely to be fatal than other forms. But the blood parasites, which emerge from the tissues only once, can be knocked out with the old standby, quinine, or wartime atabrine, or postwar Paludrine, Camoquin and chloroquine. The same drugs have done a good job of suppressing the fever flare-ups of relapsing ("vivax") malaria, which occur when the parasites are in the blood...