Malaria is an infectious disease caused by unicellular parasites of the genus Plasmodium. It is transmitted mainly in the tropics and subtropics by the bite of a female mosquito of the genus Anopheles. Malaria is the most common infectious disease in the world, with about 200 million people getting sick each year. Approximately 1.2 – 1.8 million people die from this disease every year. The symptoms of malaria are high, recurrent to periodic fever, chills, gastrointestinal discomfort and convulsions. Especially in children, the disease can rapidly lead to coma and death. The frequency of fever episodes results from the multiplication cycles of the parasites.

The pathogen is a single-celled parasite – of which there are 5 species (Plasmodium falciparum, Plasmodium vivax, Plasmodium ovale, Plasmodium malariae and Plasmodium knowlesi). These parasites infect the red blood cells of the host and eat them from the inside to multiply.

All parasite species can be safely killed within only 4 hours with MMS/chlorine dioxide. The symptoms then disappear very quickly.