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 a Latin narrative poem by the Roman poet Ovid, considered his magnum opus. Comprising fifteen books and over 250 myths, the poem chronicles the history of the world from its creation to the deification of Julius Caesar within a loose mythico-historical framework. Although meeting the criteria for an epic, the poem defies simple genre classification by its use of varying themes and tones. Ovid took inspiration from the genre of metamorphosis poetry, and some of the Metamorpho