malaria

• • Disease caused by a protist called Plasmodium. Carried by a female anopheles mosquito
• • When a mosquito containing plasmodium bites a human host, the parasite enters the bloodstream, multiplies in liver cells and is released back into the bloodstream→ infects and destroys blood cells
• • Malaria triggers fever, chills and flu-like illness. If left untreated, it can result in death
• • Still prevalent around the world. 210 million cases in 2015 and 216,000,000 in 2016.