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Disease brings false alarm to borders of India (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

malaria

'disease' is the definition.
(malaria is a kind of disease)

'false alarm to borders of india' is the wordplay.
'false' indicates an anagram.
'to borders of' suggests removing the centre.
'india' with its centre removed is 'ia'.
'alarm' is an anagram of 'malar'.
'malar'+'ia'='MALARIA'

'brings' is the link.

(Other definitions for malaria that I've seen before include "Mosquito-borne fever" , "Illness" , "It's transmitted by a mosquito bite" , "Mosquito-borne disease" , "Protozoal disease" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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