First Published: 2016-09-28 14:04:43 | Last updated: 2016-09-28 13:04:43 Background Malaria is a life-threatening disease caused by Plasmodium parasites. The parasites are spread to people through the bites of infected female Anopheles mosquitoes, called “malaria vectors”. There are five parasite species that cause malaria in humans, and two of these species  P. falciparum and P. […]