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Re:The most effective malaria vaccine yet discovered by shoto_io on Friday April 23, 2021 @04:57PM (#26919126)
Absolutely. Malaria is the reason why mosquitos are considered the species most dangerous for humans.

Btw, I don't think it's a pandemic since it doesn't affect the entire globe. It's an epidemic, isn't it?

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Re:The most effective malaria vaccine yet discovered by yarcob on Friday April 23, 2021 @05:47PM (#26919609)
Malaria is an endemic disease in parts of Africa (constant occurrence in a population). An epidemic is a disease rapidly spreading in a population (sudden outbreak). Pandemic is a worldwide outbreak.
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Re:The most effective malaria vaccine yet discovered by Fomite on Friday April 23, 2021 @05:41PM (#26919557)
These are somewhat fuzzy terms, because pandemic or epidemic both imply unexpected numbers of cases, not just "lots" of cases.

For the most part, malaria is considered an endemic disease with a high incidence rate.

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