Dongre, Aparna Vilas
(Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific ResearchMolecular Biology and Genetics Unit (MBGU), 2020)
The word malaria is an amalgamation of medieval Italian words, mal’aria; mal meaning bad and aria
meaning air. The disease was thought to be caused by foul air associated with mushy lands and lowlying
swamps, hence the ...