1 Malaria is caused by parasites from the genus Plasmodium, which are spread to people through the bite of infected mosquitoes of the Anopheles species. 2  Statistics show that there are 250 million to 500 million cases of malaria each year in the world, causing up to 1 million deaths.alaria Overview. 1  Malaria is caused by parasites from the genus Plasmodium, which are spread to people through the bite of infected mosquitoes of the Anopheles species.
verb (used with object), metamorphosed, metamorphosing. 1. to change the form or nature of; transform. 2. to subject to metamorphosis or metamorphism. verb (used without object), metamorphosed, metamorphosing. 3. to undergo or be capable of undergoing a change in form or nature. Origin of metamorphose.
For the biological process, see Metamorphosis. For other uses, see Metamorphosis (disambiguation) . The Metamorphosis (German: Die Verwandlung, also sometimes translated as The Transformation) is a novella by Franz Kafka, first published in 1915. It has been cited as one of the seminal works of fiction of the 20th century and is studied in colleges and universities across the Western world.