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                        President Carter's lasting legacy to control and eradicate NTDs, including Guinea worm disease.
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                        World Malaria Day 2024
                        World Malaria Day 2024: Leading with Malaria Control Innovation in Mind
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                        World NTD Day 2024: Unite. Act. Eliminate.
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                    A parasite is an organism (a living thing) that lives on or inside another organism.
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                    Many kinds of lab tests are available to diagnose parasitic diseases.
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                    About Malaria
                    Malaria is a serious disease caused by a parasite that infects a certain type of mosquito.
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                              Animals, blood, food, insects, and water can transmit parasites.
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                              DPDx, Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria (DPDM), DPDx applications, diagnosis of parasitic d...
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                              Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) include several parasitic viral, bacterial, and fungal diseases.
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