Deadly fevers which could be linked to Malaria have been recorded since the beginning of history (between 6000 and 5500 B.C.) although it is believed that Malaria started having a major impact on the survival of humans since the start of agriculture about 10000 years ago. Approximately 2500 years ago Hypocrites wrote of Malaria and divided the fever into different types: Quotidian (daily), Tertian (alternate days) and Quartan (every fourth day). Believed to have originated in the Mediterranean, …showed first 75 words of 392 total…

…showed last 75 words of 392 total…harmful effects that it was having on the environment were realised. The 1960's saw the Chloroquine resistant strains of Malaria develop in South America and South-east Asia. These spread to most of the world. It was soon realised that the use of insecticides and drugs controlled the problem in the short term but couldn't completely eradicate the transmission of Malaria. A vaccine has since been developed and has been donated to the World Health Organization.