Is malaria pandemic or epidemic?

Malaria can present as an isolated imported case, several autocthonous cases, or sporadic cases, a local outbreak, an endemic, an epidemic, or even (theoretically), a pandemic. read more

Malaria can present as an isolated imported case, several autocthonous cases, or sporadic cases, a local outbreak, an endemic, an epidemic, or even (theoretically), a pandemic. In most countries with malaria, this parasitic illness is described as “endemic”, meaning that it is present to some extent all the time. read more

Malaria can be deadly, killing almost one million people each year, mostly in Africa, where infants, young children, and pregnant women are most at risk. If you are bitten by a mosquito that is carrying malaria you may experience symptoms like sweating, fever, gastrointestinal illness, chills, jaundice and/or flu-like symptoms. read more