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An independent state consisting of three islands in the Mediterranean Sea, south of Sicily. Its capital is Valetta. The major island is Malta, the two smaller islands are Comino and Gozo. It was a Phoenician and Carthaginian colony, captured by the Romans in 218 B.C. It was overrun by Saracens in 870, taken by the Normans in 1090, and subsequently held by the French and later the British who allotted them a dominion government in 1921. It became a crown colony in 1933, achieving independence in 1964. The name possibly comes from a pre-Indoeuropean root mel, high, referring to its rocks, but a more picturesque origin derives the name from the Greek melitta or melissa, honey, with reference to its early fame for its honey production. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p719 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p330)
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2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Below are the most recent publications written about "Malta" by people in Profiles.
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Migrant skin health: perspectives from the Migrant Health Summit, Malta, 2022. Br J Dermatol. 2023 03 30; 188(4):553-554.
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Diagnosis Please Certificates of Recognition Awarded to Three Individuals and to International and North American Radiology Resident Groups. Radiology. 2017 11; 285(2):336-339.
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The magnitude and distribution of infectious intestinal disease in Malta: a population-based study. Epidemiol Infect. 2007 Nov; 135(8):1282-9.
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Challenges in identifying the methodology to estimate the prevalence of infectious intestinal disease in Malta. Epidemiol Infect. 2006 Apr; 134(2):393-9.
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Zoonotic filariasis with lymphedema in an immunodeficient infant. N Engl J Med. 1984 May 10; 310(19):1243-5.
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Antibody to cytomegalovirus in Malta. J Hyg (Lond). 1982 Apr; 88(2):355-9.