malaria, n.All

Malaria has been responsible for around half of the deaths of everyone who has ever lived.

In the 1850s, a British explorer called Somalis 'superstitious' for thinking that mosquitoes carried malaria. Then, in 1897, a British officer was credited for 'discovering' that mosquitoes carried malaria.

Until penicillin was developed, malaria was used to treat syphilis

Malaria is a vampiric disease

Malaria is theorized to have killed half of all humans who have ever lived (Approx 50 Billion people).

Gin & Tonic originated in India to make quinine, a traditional cure for malaria more palatable for the British army stationed in the region.