-discovered in 1880 -it is considered a reemerging infectious, and vector borne disease -Roman Fever (200 BC): "vapors emanating from the marshes" -miasma=bad air -Anopheles Mosquito, pregnant females feed at night -Cerebral Malaria which can lead to comas and seizures. -Pregnancy Malaria: can be found with pregnant women -eradicated from US, but not other countries -300-500 million cases worldwide, but children under 5 are more prone. It kills most African children. -There are three treatments: quinine, artemisinin, and chloroquine -currently in Africa, South America, and Southeast Asia -Symptoms: fever, sweats, chill, body and muscle ache/pain -some preventions: Mosquito sprays, mosquito nets -Mosquito resistance from DDT chloroquine as early as 1957 -symptoms are located in the abdominal area and muscles that lead to chills, fatigue, fever, nasusea, or vomiting