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Mansoa River (from the article "Mansoa") town located near the source of the Mansoa River in central Guinea-Bissau. The area around ... Manson's schistosomiasis (from the article "schistosomiasis") ...organisms: (1) Japonica, or Eastern, schistosomiasis is caused by Schistosoma japonicum, found ... Manson, Charles American criminal and cult leader whose followers carried out several notorious murders in the late ... [1 Related Articles] Manson, Sir Patrick British parasitologist who founded the field of tropical medicine. He was the first to discover ... [3 Related Articles] Mansonella ozzardi (from the article "filariasis") ...but seldom permanent damage. Treatment includes surgical removal of the worms from the conjunctiva and ... Mansoura (from the article "Tlemcen") ...routes along coastal northern Africa. Tlemcen was coveted by the neighbouring Marinid kingdom of Fes ... 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Mantankor (from the article "art and architecture, Oceanic") ...the people have been popularly divided into three artistic style groups: the Usiai, who lived ... Mantatee (from the article "Southern Africa") The upheaval affected the southern chiefdoms and rebellious tributaries attacked by Shaka as far away ... Mantegna, Andrea painter and engraver, the first fully Renaissance artist of northern Italy. His best known surviving ... [10 Related Articles] mantel hood or other similar projection, usually ornamented, that surrounds the opening of a fireplace and ... Mantell, Gideon Algernon British physician, geologist, and paleontologist, who discovered four of the five genera of dinosaurs known ... [1 Related Articles] Mantellate Sisters (from the article "Servite") ...administering parishes, giving missions, and in fostering devotion to Mary, especially under the title of ... Mantellidae (from the article "Anura") ...cm (0.5-3 inches); 4 subfamilies: Hyperoliinae (Africa and Madagascar), Kassininae (Africa), Leptopelinae (Africa), and Tachycneminae ... Manteuffel, Edwin, Freiherr (baron) von Prussian field marshal, a victorious general and able diplomat of the Bismarck period. Manteuffel, Hasso, Freiherr von German military strategist whose skillful deployment of tanks repeatedly thwarted Allied offensives in World War ... [2 Related Articles] Manteuffel, Otto von (from the article "Frederick William IV") The final years of his reign were a period of reaction. Frederick William, rejecting the ... Manti city, seat (1850) of Sanpete county, central Utah, U.S. Located in an agricultural district at ... manticore a legendary animal having the head of a man (often with horns), the body of ... mantid any of approximately 2,000 species of large, slow-moving insects that are characterized by front legs ... 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