Malaria Genome Project
“The Malaria genome project, brings new hope” Malaria is one of the world’s most serious infectious diseases. According to the World Health Organization, it kills 2.5 million people and infects 500 million each year worldwide. Malaria occurs in 100 countries, placing 40% of the world’s population at risk. About 90% of cases are in tropical regions of Africa. About 95% of deaths are Africans under the age 5. The most common form of malaria is the product of a nefarious partnership between the Anopheles Gambia mosquito and the Plasmodium Falciparum parasite. Mosquitoes pick up the parasite by feeding on an infected human host. The parasite lives in the mosquito’s gut until the mosquito bites another human. Malaria is currently reoccurring in many countries where it had been under control for decades. Anti-malarial drugs have lost much of their effectiveness. Plasmodium has evolved resistance to several drugs in many areas,
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Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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