Colossal. Used to describe a series of calamitous events that occur over a short period of time, that are either intrinsically linked, completely random, or fall somewhere in the middle. Joey: Dude you won't believe what has just fuckin' happened to me over the last week!
Malaria is caused by a parasite called Plasmodium, which is transmitted via the bites of infected mosquitoes. In the human body, the parasites multiply in the liver, and then infect red blood cells. Usually, people get malaria by being bitten by an infective female Anopheles mosquito.
Malaria killed 627,000 in 2012 alone. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), climate change will be associated with longer transmission seasons for malaria in some regions of Africa and an extension of the diseaseâs geographic range.