What is malaria?

Answer 1

Malaria (Medieval Italian: mala aria — "bad air") and formerly called ague or marsh fever in English, is an infectious disease which causes about 350–500 million infections with humans and approximately 1.3–3 million deaths annually[1] — at least one death every 30 seconds. Sub-Saharan Africa accounts for 85–90% of these fatalities,[2] the vast majority of which occur in children under the age of 5 years.[3] The death rate is expected to double in the next 20 years.[4] Precise statistics are unknown because many cases occur in rural areas where people do not have access to hospitals and/or the means to afford health care.

Answer 2

According to the Centers for Disease Control, "Malaria is a serious and sometimes fatal disease caused by a parasite. Patients with malaria typically are very sick with high fevers, shaking chills, and flu-like illness. Four kinds of malaria parasites can infect humans: Plasmodium falciparum, P. vivax, P. ovale, and P. malariae.

Infection with any of the malaria species can make a person feel very ill; infection with P. falciparum, if not promptly treated, may be fatal. Although malaria can be a fatal disease, illness and death from malaria are largely preventable."

Answer 3

go 2 africa and u will find out. i guess its a virus or something that mosquitos carry. not sure what the technical defenition is, but if ur in africa standing next 2 some stagnant water......i hope u have insect repellent and took ur malaria pills

Answer 4

An infectious disease characterized by cycles of chills, fever, and sweating, caused by a protozoan of the genus Plasmodium in red blood cells, which is transmitted to humans by the bite of an infected female anopheles mosquito.

Answer 5

SH!T you dont want. i am told it killed more in WW2 than the war irs self. wether thats true i dont know but it would not suprize me.

Answer 6

a disease caused by mosquitos where you get a high fever

Answer 7

http://www.lbl.gov/MicroWorlds/xfiles/malariawhatis.html

Answer 8

go here
http://www.cdc.gov/malaria/

Answer 9

http://www.malaria.org/

Answer 10

a nasty dicease