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Distribution of Malaria

April 4, 2012 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION

Where does malaria mostly take place?

ANSWER

Malaria is mainly transmitted in tropical regions of the world; while some transmission does occur outside of the tropics, it tends to be seasonal in these areas (i.e. usually only during periods of high temperature/high rainfall). Within the tropics, malaria is found on all continents, though the highest number of cases is in Africa, which is also where over 90% of deaths due to malaria occur (of these, most are children under the age of 5). Outside Africa, the next highest levels of malaria are in India and south-east Asia and the western Pacific (such as Papua New Guinea).

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: Africa, climate, India, Malaria distribution, Malaria transmission, Pacific, Papua New Guinea, South-East Asia, tropical regions

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