Malaria: New InsightsAbout This Hardback Malaria is an infectious disease that is spread by mosquitoes and affects humans and other animals. Common symptoms of malaria are tiredness, headaches, vomiting and fever. Severe symptoms can invlove seizures, yellow skin, coma or death. Normally, the symptoms start to occur ten to fifteen days after the infected mosquito bites. If the malaria infection is not treated properly, it can reoccur but the reinfection causes milder