Malaria is a mosquito-borne infectious disease affecting humans and other animals caused by parasitic protozoans.
caused by the bites from the female Anopheles mosquito, which then infects the body with the parasite Plasmodium. This is the only mosquito that can cause malaria.
Malaria causes symptoms that typically include fever, fatigue, vomiting and headaches. In severe cause it can cause yellow skin, seizures, coma and death.
Symptoms usually begin 10 – 15 days after begin bitten. The risk of disease can be reduced by preventing mosquito bites.