Malaria
Monday, February 8th, 2010What is malaria?
Malaria (and malaria) is an infectious disease caused by a parasite of the genus Plasmodium of which there are 4 species specific to humans: Plasmodium falciparum, Plasmodium vivax, Plasmodium ovale and Plasmodium malariae. It is transmitted to humans by a particular species of mosquito: the anopheles, and only by female mosquitoes. It can be abbreviated in almost all warm tropical regions of the globe, where the mosquito can live primarily in sub-Saharan Africa, Southeast Asia, East and Latin America.
Malaria affects hundreds of countries around the world, particularly tropical disadvantaged. An estimated 250 million cases of malaria each year, nearly one million deaths. (more…)