India, June 29 -- With the monsoons settling in, diseases like malaria are expected to be on the rise in the country. The mosquito-borne infectious disease can be life-threatening for vulnerable groups, especially children.

The month of June is observed as Anti-Malaria Month in the country. On that occasion, HT Lifestyle spoke with Dr Ankur Ohri, general pediatric consultant at Madhukar Rainbow Children's Hospital, and Dr Amit Prakash Singh, internal medicine consultant at CK Birla Hospital, Delhi, who explained what makes children particularly vulnerable to the disease.

According to Dr Ankur Ohri, when children are infected with malaria, they experience a greater severity of the illness than adults.

"Malaria parasites infect and destr...