Tropical Medicine Glossary

adjective describing something related to or characteristic of malaria

• The patient was diagnosed with a severe case of malarial infection.
• I heard that Tom got really sick with malarial fever after his trip to Africa.
• I need to take some meds for this malarial thing I picked up in the jungle.
• The corruption in that government is like a malarial disease, spreading and infecting everything it touches.

noun A parasitic blood fluke belonging to the genus Schistosoma, specifically Schistosoma haematobium.

• Schistosoma haematobium is a parasitic flatworm that causes urinary schistosomiasis in humans.
• Did you know that Schistosoma haematobium is a type of parasite that can infect the urinary tract?
• Yo, watch out for that Schistosoma haematobium parasite, it's no joke.
• The presence of Schistosoma haematobium in the community is like a hidden danger waiting to strike.