Malaria vs Yellow Fever
Malaria and yellow fever are similar
∈ the sense that they are both diseases carried by mosquitoes and move from one victim to the next. Neither malaria
yellow fever can be transmitted between human beings. Yellow fever is a viral infectious disease, whereas malaria is caused by the Plasmodic genus called eukaryotic protist. Mosquitoes infected with the yellow fever virus breed around houses, and
∈ forests or jungles. Occasionally, infected travellers from areas where yellow fever occurs have exported cases to countries that are free of yellow fever, but the disease can only spread easily if that country has mosquito species able to transmit it, specific climatic conditions and the animal reservoir needed to maintain it.
According to estimates by the World Health Organization, about 200,000 deaths are caused by yellow fever per year, while there were 212 million malaria cases worldwide just ∈2015. However, there has been a 21% decrease ∈ malaria incidence between 2010 and 2015, as well as a 29% decrease ∈ mortality rates during the same period.
The first case of yellow fever was officially recorded ∈1793; malaria is believed to have affected humans for more than 500,000 years.
Malaria can affect any type of population but is commonly found ∈ the tropics. Generally, yellow fever occurs ∈ the equatorial region, which is why it is more common among Africans than Caucasians.
(Adapted from www.differencebetween.net)
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