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DEADLY DISEASES
MALARIA
An Ongoing Threat
Brianna Kaiser
Lerner Publications Minneapolis
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Copyright 2022 by Lerner Publishing Group, Inc.
All rights reserved. International copyright secured. No part of this book may be
reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any
meanselectronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwisewithout
the prior written permission of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc., except for the
inclusion of brief quotations in an acknowledged review.
Lerner Publications Company
An imprint of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc.
241 First Avenue North
Minneapolis, MN 55401 USA
For reading levels and more information, look up this title at www.lernerbooks.com.
Main body text set in ITC Franklin Gothic Std.
Typeface provided by Adobe Systems.
Designer: Mary Ross
Lerner team: Sue Marquis
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Kaiser, Brianna, 1996 author.
Title: Malaria : an ongoing threat / Brianna Kaiser.
Description: Minneapolis, : Lerner Publications , [2022] | Series: Deadly diseases
(UpDog Books) | Includes bibliographical references and index. | Audience:
Ages 811 | Audience: Grades 23 | Summary: Every year, mosquitoes pass
parasites that cause malaria to hundreds of millions of people, and hundreds of
thousands die. See how the disease works and the ways doctors and scientists
fight malaria Provided by publisher.
Identifiers: LCCN 2020043818 (print) | LCCN 2020043819 (ebook) |
ISBN 9781728428369 (library binding) | ISBN 9781728431253 (paperback) |
ISBN 9781728430638 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: MalariaJuvenile literature.
Classification: LCC RC157 .K35 2022 (print) | LCC RC157 (ebook) |
DDC 616.9/362dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020043818
LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020043819
Manufactured in the United States of America
1-49373-49477-1/22/2021
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Table of Contents
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Malaria
A mosquito bites
a person.
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Two weeks later, the person feels sick.
Is it malaria?
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The disease is common in many warm places.
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It causes fevers,
body aches, and
headaches.
high body
temperature
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