Articles: Malaria General
A Definition of Malaria
Malaria is the most important and the most widespread of the transmissible diseases. It threatens almost one third of Humanity, affects around? 600 million people and is responsible, each year, for more than 2 million deaths.
A History of Malaria
The existence of strange fevers, especially frequent in marshy areas, has been known since time immemorial. It is thanks to this association of ideas that the French word for malaria - paludisme has it origins (palud, Old French for marsh) or even the Italian (malaria or bad air).
Malaria is the most important and the most widespread of the transmissible diseases. It threatens almost one third of Humanity, affects around? 600 million people and is responsible, each year, for more than 2 million deaths.
A History of Malaria
The existence of strange fevers, especially frequent in marshy areas, has been known since time immemorial. It is thanks to this association of ideas that the French word for malaria - paludisme has it origins (palud, Old French for marsh) or even the Italian (malaria or bad air).