In 1835 it was discovered that a disease of silkworms known as muscardine could be transferred from one silkworm to another, and was caused by a fungus.
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Malaria mortality rates are falling. Increased malaria prevention and control measures have greatly improved these rates. Since 2000, malaria mortality rates have fallen globally by 60% among all age groups, and by 65% among children under age 5.
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The B-complex vitamins and vitamin C are not stored in the body and must be replaced each day.
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People about to have surgery must tell their health care providers about all supplements they take.
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The shortest mature adult human of whom there is independent evidence was Gul Mohammed in India. In 1990, he was measured in New Delhi and stood 22.5 inches tall.
Integration of the F plasmid creates an Hfr strain
Platystictidae is a family of damselflies, commonly known as shadowdamsels.
The mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx) is a primate of the Old World monkey (Cercopithecidae) family,[3] c