Malaria
Malaria is a disease that can be cured. It is also fatal if of quickly detected and treated. Luck also helps too. A person who gets malaria contracts it from a bite from female Anopheles mosquitoes. (Anopheles any of various mosquitoes of the genus Anopheles, which can carry the malaria parasite and transmit the disease to human beings.) The mosquitoes themselves get the parasites from other humans who have the parasites in their bloodstream. The parasites are one celled and are usually called Plasmodium parasites. (Plasmodium—A protozoan of the genus Plasmodium, which includes the parasites that cause malaria.) There are four major types of malarial parasites; Plasmodium Vivax, Plasmodium Ovale, Plasmodium Malaria, and Plasmodium Falciparum. The first three are not as fatal in comparison to Plasmodium Falciparum. With the first three a fever will rupture red bloods cells and moves the parasites into the bloodstream.
