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Malaria is a preventable infection that has the capability of affecting anybody at any age. The infected female anopheles mosquito transmits malaria, when it settles on a person to take a blood meal.
Malaria can be contracted when visiting a malaria-risk area or through "airport malaria" - which is not very common. Airport malaria is contracted through the coincidental introduction of the anopheles mosquito in an airport, luggage or any type of closed vehicle / container.
It was originally thought that malaria originated in marshes and swamps and was transmitted through the air, hence the name "mal" "aria" - meaning "bad air", but the real cause was discovered in 1880, when scientists discovered that malaria is caused by a single cell parasite called plasmodium.
The mosquito transfers this parasite to a human through its bite, as blood is required by the mosquito to nurture its eggs.
Malaria usually occurs in tropical and sub-tropical countries, and is one of the largest scourges in third world countries, infecting approximately 300 - 500 million people, and killing one million people annually.
Malaria is present in sub-Saharan Africa, southern and eastern Asia, India, Haiti, Mexico, the Middle East, Dominican Republic, Oceania, Central and South America, Vanuatu the Solomon Islands as well as Papua New Guinea.
The population of Africa suffers the most from malaria, and it is reported that 90% of malaria cases are diagnosed in Africa - mainly among young children and pregnant mothers. It is reported that malaria causes the death of an African child every 30 seconds.
Information on our website regarding malaria 
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