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Appendix C Glossary
Pages 74-75

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... Insecticide-treated bed net (ITN) -- A fine-mesh net that has been either treated with a longlasting insecticide or manufactured with insecticide directly incorporated into its fibers, hung over a bed to protect sleepers from insect bites.
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... Splenomegaly -- An enlarged spleen; a common finding in malaria patients that can sometimes be detected by physical examination of the abdomen.
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Key Terms

  • lost due
  • enlarged spleen
  • patient care
  • physical examination
  • time lived

  • insecticide directly
  • gap measure
  • blood cells
  • packed red
  • bed net

  • red blood
  • include equivalent
  • premature mortality
  • liver cells
  • directly incorporated

  • insect bites
  • common finding
  • daly combines
  • infectious mosquito
  • remaining latent

  • protect sleepers
  • inoculation rate
  • entomological inoculation
  • lasting insecticide
  • malaria patients

  • improve patient
  • infective bites
  • poor health
  • time lost
  • premature death


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