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[https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/rxforsurvival/series/diseases/malaria.html by PBS Shows] | [https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/rxforsurvival/series/diseases/malaria.html by PBS Shows] | ||
"Malaria" is a misnomer. Drawn from the Italian mala aria, or "bad air," the name reflects the historical belief that the disease is caused by miasmas, or noxious exhalations from rotting matter or stagnant water. In 1889, a tiny parasite was revealed as the disease-causing agent, and eight years later, the mosquito was identified as the parasite-carrying agent. | "Malaria" is a misnomer. Drawn from the Italian mala aria, or "bad air," the name reflects the historical belief that the disease is caused by miasmas, or noxious exhalations from rotting matter or stagnant water. In 1889, a tiny parasite was revealed as the disease-causing agent, and eight years later, the mosquito was identified as the parasite-carrying agent. | ||
=====Progress Towards a Malaria-Free Tanzania===== | |||
[https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/africa-july-dec09-ray_09-17 by PBS NEWS] | |||
For Westerners, the emphasis on the Atlantic slave trade often obscures the long and sad history of the Indian Ocean slave trade. Bagamoyo is Tanzania’s oldest city, and was the major shipment point for slaves from the East African interior to the trade networks of the Arabian Peninsula, the Persian Gulf, and west Asia. | |||
