From what I read this week, livestock was very beneficial for an exponetially growing human agriculture--yet it also brought upon fatal diseases such as malaria. Malaria is one of history's oldest diseases and is still prominent today--but I'm sure it doesn't show up as much as it did in the Neolithic era (due to a lack of Malariotherapy or antimalarial drugs). Malaria is a blood infection that is transmitted by a female mosquito that sucks up the host's blood and is transferred into another. Symptoms may include: chills, rigors, sweating, body aches, headaches, nausea, general weakness, and prostration. Problems arise when " P. falciparum" malaria go untreated, causing a dysfunction of vital organs such as the brain, kidneys, and the liver. As of today, there is still no vaccine for malaria, but could be prevented by insect repellents (picaridin), mosquito nets, or indoor residual spraying. Nets, although highly unreliable due to a variety of mosquito size, are designed to kill the mosquito before it could find a way in. Indoor residual spraying is where you coat the indoors with insecticides--although this seems a bit dangerous for infants growing up or people who may be allergic to these insecticides.
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