Amitav Ghosh's The Calcutta Chromosome fictionalizes the research done on this disease by Robert Ross.
Curing this disease is an unintended side effect of a fertility drug made from the "martin" that is the subject of the research of the Kurtz-like Dr. Annick Swenson in Ann Patchett's novel State of Wonder. The missing L. Murugan is obsessed with the history of this disease in a 1995 novel, in which the main characters discover a cult that attempts to use the transmission of this disease as a vehicle for soul transference. A short story titled for a euphemism for this disease ends with a character to responding to the accusation that she "had nothing but that one letter he didn't write" with the zinger "I had Barbara", and depicts an argument between Mrs. Ansley and Mrs. Slade. A literary character catches this disease after walking with Giovanelli through the Colosseum at night. Amitav Ghosh's The Calcutta Chromosome fictionalizes the research done on this disease by Robert Ross. For 10 points, name this disease that kills Daisy Miller and is referred to in the title of Edith Wharton's "Roman Fever".
Curing this disease is an unintended side effect of a fertility drug made from the "martin" that is the subject of the research of the Kurtz-like Dr. Annick Swenson in Ann Patchett's novel State of Wonder.
malaria [prompt on "Roman Fever" until it is read]