Malaria
The Spread of Anopheles stephensi and the Fight Against the World’s Deadliest Animal
CDC Malaria Hotline
Malaria is a mosquito-borne disease caused by a parasite. People with malaria often experience fever, chills, and flu-like illness. Left untreated, they may develop severe complications and die. In 2018 an estimated 228 million cases of malaria occurred worldwide and 405,000 people died, mostly children in the African Region. About 2,000 cases of malaria are diagnosed in the United States each year. The vast majority of cases in the United States are in travelers and immigrants returning from countries where malaria transmission occurs, many from sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.
FAQs, Malaria the Disease, Where Malaria Occurs, Transmission...
Guidelines for Clinicians, Treatment with Artesunate, Drug Resistance Testing...
Leadership, Mission, Activities...
Prevention, Malaria Information by Country...
Guidelines for Clinicians, Microscopy, Rapid Diagnostic Tests...
Choosing a Drug to Prevent Malaria, Reducing Malaria’s Impact...
Education & Training, Fact Sheets, Brochures, Posters, MMWRs…
CDC’s History with Malaria, Research, Domestic and Global Activities...
The U.S. government’s goal under the PMI Strategy 2015-2020pdf iconexternal icon is to work with PMI-supported countries and partners to further reduce malaria deaths and substantially decrease malaria morbidity, toward the long-term goal of elimination.