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severe symptoms, such as seizures and coma, may also develop.
Malaria is harder to prevent and treat in people with weakened
immune systems, such as those infected with HIV.

Malignant
Referring to uncontrolled cell growth that may spread to other
tissues, such as in cancer.

Mast Cell
A type of leukocyte.
See Also: Leukocyte

Maternal-Child Transmission
See: Mother-to-Child Transmission (MTCT)

MDR-TB
See: Multiple Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis

M Medication Event Monitoring System (MEMS)
A method of measuring drug adherence that uses a computer
chip embedded in a pill bottle lid to record the date and time each
dose is taken. Current obstacles to its use include its large size,
the possibility of malfunction when refrigerated, and inaccurate
reporting when pillboxes are used in place of the original bottle.
See Also: Adherence
Directly Observed Therapy (DOT)

MedlinePlus
A database of health information developed by the National Library
of Medicine (NLM). MedlinePlus has information on several hundred
diseases and conditions as well as other health information. http://
www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/

Memory T Cell
A specific type of infection-fighting T cell that can recognize
foreign invaders that were encountered during a prior infection or
vaccination. At a second encounter with the invader, memory T cells

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