tertian
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Quinine also destroys the sexual forms of all but P. falciparum, which means that even after he is "cured" by quinine a patient with malignant tertian malaria can give the protozoa to any suitable mosquito.
From Time Magazine Archive
Last week he died of tertian malaria, nephritis and influenza, was buried on a hilltop in Addis Ababa.
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A total of 213 cases was reported; of those, only six were of the "benign tertian" or vivax type.
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Influenza, tertian fever, leprosy were all endemic, along with tapeworm and a mysterious intestinal infestation that made its victim long to eat earth.
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The command was taken by Cortes himself, although he was suffering from the tertian ague.
From The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 1 (of 2) Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain. by Díaz del Castillo, Bernal
