Malaria - also called swamp fever, marsh fever, febris intermittens, cold fever, or tropical fever - is an infectious disease caused by single-celled parasites of the genus Plasmodium.
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Malaria is detectable by a blood test and causes symptoms such as fever, headache and pain in the limbs, diarrhea and vomiting. Today, it is transmitted mainly in the tropics and subtropics by a female mosquito of the genus Anopheles. Outside these areas, mosquitoes introduced by air occasionally trigger the so-called "airport malaria".
Size of pathogen: 60 µm
Incubation period: 7 - 30 days
Lethality: up to 25
Annual infections: 250 million
Evidence since: 1880
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