Problem: According to the World Health Organization, about 3.3 billion people are at risk of contracting malaria. With our present understanding of the biology and ecology of this disease, coupled with our present technological capabilities, this disease should be on the decline - but it is very much on the increase! Answer the following questions:
1. What type of organism causes malaria, how is it transmitted, what cells does it infect in humans? Need Assignment Help?
2. How do we know that malaria has been plaguing humans for a very long time?
3. Children under 1 year of age are relatively protected from malaria but children 1-5 years are the main victims. Why? What is the difference?
4. What treatments and controls are available?
5. What types of human activities have complicated efforts at controlling this disease?