The Anopheles Quadrimaculatus causes 1,500,000 human deaths world wide, every year. This creature causes its victims to suffer through immense torture before slowly killing them within a period of 10 days. What may come as a shock, is that I'm talking about a small Common Malaria Mosquito. Also known as the Anopheline Mosquito, these Malaria carrying parasites have been with us since the dawn of time. They probably originated in Africa along with mankind. Fossils of mosquitoes …showed first 75 words of 771 total…

…showed last 75 words of 771 total…places with still water. You can also use a repellant called DEET. It is the standard repellent of the industry, but you don't need to swim in the stuff for it to be effective. "We generally recommend 30 percent DEET or less," says Barnard, "applied according to label directions." As unlikely as it is for the disease to spread to Canada, it is still very much possible, so taking the required precautions will greatly benefit you.