Global Health Dictionary
From the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), welcome to the Global Health Dictionary. 📖🌐
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Climate change
What is climate change and what causes it? Climate change refers to the long-term alteration of the Earth’s climate patterns. [...]
Hantavirus
What is hantavirus? Hantaviruses are a group of RNA viruses belonging to the Hantaviridae family. Hantavirus infection is a viral [...]
Epigenetics
What is epigenetics? While genetics focuses on the DNA sequence (the genes themselves), epigenetics examines the mechanisms that control [...]
Vaccine
What is a vaccine? A vaccine is a medical tool that generates immunity against a disease-causing pathogen. It "trains" [...]
Plasmodium falciparum
What is Plasmodium falciparum? Plasmodium falciparum (P. falciparum) is a parasitic protozoan responsible for the most severe form of malaria. [...]
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