Over 300 million people are infected with malaria and over one million of those people die every year. Malaria is a deadly disease that is carried by female Anopheles mosquitoes. Predominately, malaria cases take place in central Africa south of the Sahara. Over 80% of the deaths caused by malaria occur in this area. Once the carrier mosquito bites the human the malaria parasite enters into that person and then his or her immune system, infecting the liver, and also red blood cells. Furthermore, once a human gets the parasite he or she can then give malaria to any mosquito that bites them. After getting infected with the parasite, flu-like symptoms will occur and rapidly develop into a life-threatening disease.
