Word: malariae
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...countless trips through the African bush, Missionaries Doug and Evelyn Knapp have, between them, survived hepatitis, malaria, typhoid fever, other tropical maladies and even an encounter with spear-wielding assailants. Their trials have not been in vain. In the past decade, a revival led by the Knapps in Tanzania has resulted in the baptism of 40,212 converts, 14,409 of them in the past year...
McPherson cited the development of a malaria vaccine and a new strain of sorghum as examples of the progress international development programs have made...
...other Indians known to have been infected with the virus (two of whom have died), is thought to be just the beginning. Poverty and a burgeoning population of more than 750 million make it difficult for Indian doctors to cope with even familiar diseases, such as tuberculosis, malaria and cholera. Now that the first AIDS cases have been detected, says Dr. V. Ramalingaswami, former director general of the Indian Council of Medical Research, "we in India have been shaken and face a moment of truth...
...carries the death penalty under a law passed five months after her arrest; in Ikeja, Nigeria. Detained in February 1984 in an anticorruption sweep, McBroom argued that she had been an innocent go-between in the allegedly illegal oil deals. During her year of imprisonment in Nigeria, she contracted malaria and lost 40 lbs. She left for the U.S. the day of her acquittal...
...those taken for resettlement are often ripped away from their families. When they arrive in the south, the refugees reportedly discover few reception areas, little shelter or medicine and scant food. The newcomers, residents of the arid highlands, are also susceptible to diseases of the low- lying south like malaria and amoebic dysentery...