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Infectious Diseases Today and in the Developing World

Concentrations of malaria transmission worldwide.

Concentrations of malaria transmission worldwide.

Normally not a problem to North Americans, malaria is the infectious disease most deadly to children worldwide. Said to be one of the world's oldest diseases, malaria is caused by one of four protozoans within the genus Plasmodium.

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