Malaria: a reflection from the past, a gaze into the future
Malaria has had one of the longest histories of diseases known to humanity: first symptomatically described in 2700 BCE China in the ‘oldest known medical text’, Nei Ching, malaria continued – and continues – to plague populations across the globe. Yet it was only in the late 1800s when malaria really became defined as we know it today – a fever-inducing, anaemia-causing disease, instigated by five species of the Plasmodium parasite in humans, and transferred by mosquito; potentially fatal, but also treatable and preventable.
24 Apr 2018