Malaria (oct 7, 460 BC – dec 28, 2018)
Description:
-Bacteria-Malaria meaning bad air
-Thought to be acquired from bad swamp air
-Hippocrates first described in 460bce
-Spread by anopheles mosquitos
-Every 10 seconds someone dies of malaria
-300-500 million cases of malaria and 90% are in Africa
-2-3 million deaths per year
-2/3 of deaths are of children under the age of 5
Added to timeline:
Date:
oct 7, 460 BC
dec 28, 2018
~ 2481 years
