Malaria is an infectious disease that makes over one million people die each year.It is a mosquito-borne disease caused by a parasite. People with malaria often experience fever, chills, and flu-like illness. Left untreated, they may develop severe complications and die. Each year 350-500 million cases of malaria occur worldwide, most of them young children in sub-Saharan Africa.
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Approximately 800 cases of malaria are diagnosed in travelers returning to the United States from malarial areas each year. From 1985-2002, 78 U.S. travelers died from malaria.
People who are traveling to malaria-risk areas can almost always prevent this potentially deadly disease if they correctly take an effective antimalarial drug and follow measures to prevent mosquito bites.
Despite these protective measures, travelers may become infected with malaria. Malaria symptoms can include:
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