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Malaria occurs in more than 100 countries. About half of the world’s population is at risk. On November 6, 1880, Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran, a French Army Surgeon stationed in Constantine, Algeria, was the first to notice parasites in the blood of a patient suffering from malaria. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1907 (Web). Malaria is an intermittent and remittent fever caused by a protozoan parasite that invades the red blood cells. The causative agent is a parasite transmitted by mosquitoes in many tropical and subtropical regions. For these reasons, more information about the organism was discovered. On August 20, 1897, Ronald Ross, a British Officer in the Indian Medical Service was also the first to demonstrate that malaria parasites could be transmitted from infected patients to mosquitoes. Ross showed that mosquitoes could transmit malaria parasites from bird to bird. The time interval during which the parasite developed in the mosquito is termed as sporogonic cycle. So the problem of malaria transmission was solved and Ross was awarded a Nobel Prize in 1902 per the CDC. Although, malaria is a fatal disease caused by a parasite that commonly infects a certain type of mosquito which feeds on humans, coming in contact with it can be controlled.
Since malaria is caused by a protozoan parasite that invades the red blood cells, it might have and exist in some favorable conditions where it occurs. The parasites, which grow and develop inside the mosquito, need warmth to complete its growth before they are mature enough to be transmitted to humans. Malaria is mostly found in warmer regions of the world such as the tropical and subtropical countries. The female Anopheles mosquito thrives well in higher temperatures. ...

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...-region in Asia” (Web). Work with key Roll Back Malaria (RBM) partners such as the World Health Organization, the United Nations' Children's Fund (UNICEF), the World Bank, and the USAID on malaria control programs. The CDC currently has staff posted at UNICEF, the Global Health Group (University of California at San Francisco), as well as in 21 malaria-endemic countries. CDC work covers policy development, program guidance, support scientific research, monitoring and evaluation of progress toward RBM and PMI goals.

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Nordqvist, Christian. “What Is Malaria?.” Medical News Today. MediLexicon, Intl., 10 Oct. 2013.
Web. 23 Feb. 2014. http://www.cdc.gov/malaria/about/faqs.html http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/150670.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/150670 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqRuSwZey_U http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvlTOhCmxvY

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