Malaria is a parasitic disease caused by the species Plasmodium which infects red blood cells and is transmitted from human to human by the mosquito. This disease impacts many millions of people every year, resulting in approximately half a million deaths, mainly in children (WHO). Antimalarial drugs have been the main method to treat malaria, though the ever-evolving Plasmodium parasites have become resistant over time, and have evolved ways to evade the immune response. Once inside a red...
