Malaria


Malaria parasites have been with us since the beginning of time, and
fossils of mosquitoes up to thirty million years old show that malaria's vector
has existed for just as long. The parasites causing malaria are highly specific,
with man as the only host and mosquitoes as the only vector. Every year,
300,000,000 people are affected by malaria, and while less than one percent of
these people die, there are still an estimated 1,500,000 deaths per year. While
Malaria was one of the first infectious diseases to be treated successfully with
a drug, scientist are still looking for a cure or at least a vaccination today
(Cann, 1996). Though many people are aware that malaria is a disease, they are
unaware that it is life threatening, kills over a million people each year, and
is a very elusive target for antimalarial drugs (Treatment of Malaria, 1996).
Being a very specific disease, malaria is caused by only four protozoal
parasites: Plasmodium falciparum, Plasmodium......

Join Now to view the rest of this term paper!
Members: Login to view this research paper.

Title: Malaria
Approximate Word Count: 1125
Approximate Pages: 5 (250 words per double-spaced page)

With the Term Papers Lab Membership Pass, you get instant access to every term paper on this site, including the term paper on Malaria, for as long as you remain a member! That's over 100,000 online term papers and written research papers at your fingertips!

You could be reading our college term papers on Malaria in less than two minutes!

Other term papers sites charge almost $100 for a single term paper. At Term Papers Lab, you can get instant access to over 100,000 termpapers and sample research papers for as little as $29.95!

1. Malaria
   

   Malaria. Malaria ... mosquitoes. The parasite (it also belongs to the unicellular group
   protozoa) has four species that are responsible for malaria. ... ...

2. Malaria
   

   malaria. It is one of the ten deadliest diseases of all time. It effects
   men, women, children, and animals. ... This disease is malaria. ... ...

3. Malaria
   

   malaria. Malaria Malaria is a potentially fatal illness of tropical and subtropical
   regions. ... Finding a cure to dissolve malaria has been harder than expected. ... ...

4. Malaria
   

   Malaria. Malaria What exactly is malaria? ... Malaria seems to be growing at an alarming
   rate and it is spreading farther and closer than you know. ... ...

5. Malaria
   

   Malaria. Malaria is regarded as one of the world's deadliest tropical parasitic
   diseases. ... Malaria is a mosquito-borne disease caused by the parasite plasmodium. ... ...