10月5日,中国药学家屠呦呦荣获2015年诺贝尔生理学或医学奖,表彰她对治疗疟疾新药—青蒿素的发现。世界卫生组织评价该发现为“近50年人类治疗疟疾的最大进步”。可怕的疟疾疟疾是一种常见的传染病,主要通过携带疟原虫的蚊子叮咬传染,患者忽冷忽热,所以在我国又俗称寒热病或打摆子。疟疾是威胁人类生命的一大顽敌,它传播广泛,致死率高,与艾滋病、癌症,并列为世界三大死亡疾病。据统计,全世界每年约有4亿人次感染疟疾。 On October 5, Chinese chemist Tu Yo Yo won the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for her discovery of artemisinin, a new drug for the treatment of malaria. WHO rated the discovery as “the greatest progress in human treatment of malaria in the past 50 years.” Terrible malaria Malaria is a common infectious disease, mainly through the bite of mosquitoes carrying malaria parasite, the patient suddenly hot and cold, so in our country is also commonly known as cold or fever. Malaria is a big enemy that threatens human life. It spreads extensively and has a high lethality rate. Along with AIDS and cancer, malaria is the three most dead diseases in the world. According to statistics, about 400 million people worldwide are infected with malaria each year.