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.
The Metamorphoses is comprehensive in its chronology, recounting the creation of the world to the death of Julius Caesar, which had occurred only a year before Ovid's birth; it has been compared to works of universal history, which became important in the 1st century BC.