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.
Metamorphosis includes, in insects, the transformation of a maggot into an adult fly and a caterpillar into a butterfly and, in amphibians, the changing of a tadpole into a frog. 4. A usually degenerative change in the structure of a particular body tissue. [Latin.