QUESTIONHow do you get malaria? How does malaria come to the United States? How many people have died from malaria?ANSWERMalaria is caused by infection with single-celled parasites called Plasmodium. There are five different species which infect humans; of these, Plasmodium falciparum is the most deadly. The Plasmodium parasites are transmitted to humans through the bite of an infected … [Read more...]
Malaria Outbreaks
QUESTIONWhat is the largest outbreak in the world from malaria?ANSWERMost parts of the world don't suffer from malaria "outbreaks" in the traditional sense of the world. Instead, malaria is "endemic," which means that transmission is on-going all of the time. In some cases, transmission is seasonal, but each year's level of disease incidence is similar to the next year's. Having said … [Read more...]