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The mosquito fish Gambuzia affinis physician from Porec who participated in this campaign as a specialist for endemics in the Medulin-Liznjan-Sisan-Jadreski district informed about the course of undertaken activities. According to his report from 1932, malaria was no more present to a large extent in Istria (Maljevac, 1995). Conclusion All the historic facts on eradication of malaria show that malaria as a disease of miasmatic origin was identified as early as in the Ancient times. In Croatia, malaria was identified in the Middle Ages. The term "malaria " was first encountered in the gazette Danica Ilirska in 1837. Although the first studies of malaria in Croatia started as early as in the 18

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