What is Malaria?

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Across
  1. 2. The parasite lodges itself in which part of the human body?
  2. 5. How many parasite species cause malaria in humans?
  3. 10. This continent continues to carry a disproportionately high share of the global malaria burden.
  4. 12. A symptom of malaria.
  5. 13. Malaria cases are still present in the US, despite Malaria being eliminated in the U.S. in 1951. Who causes this?
  6. 14. Over time, people in malaria endemic areas can develop a degree of what?
  7. 15. What type of blood cells are infected?
  8. 16. Peak transmission occurs during which season.
Down
  1. 1. How much of the world’s population was at risk of malaria in 2015?
  2. 3. A disease or condition regularly found among particular people or in a certain area.
  3. 4. This population group is at a high risk of contracting malaria.
  4. 6. A widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time.
  5. 7. Malaria incidence among populations at risk is.
  6. 8. All the important vector species bite between dusk and.
  7. 9. Which parasite causes malaria?
  8. 11. Which Plasmodium parasite is responsible for most Malaria deaths?