Through his Math skills, a doctor can predict what could be the best method to fight Malaria in every locale.

According to Big Think, Dr. Philip Echoff, a Ph.D. holder from Princeton University and Principal Investigator at the Institute for Disease Modeling, has created mathematical models that can predict how to fight off the disease in every locale.

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His interest in finding a solution for malaria comes after having been troubled by the disease for more than a dozen times.

The models can account for many location-specific factors to help predict when mosquitoes are most active and how resistant they are to pesticides, and then predict the effectiveness of various treatment options such as drugs, bed netting, and spraying in that area.

Moreover, Big Think reported that the modeling could also explain why some areas have proven more difficult to clear of the disease than others.

"So one of the questions that my group at the Institute for Disease Modeling has been spending a lot of time on is how do we combine different interventions to actually get rid of malaria in a given setting," he said.

Dr. Echoff added that malaria would be very different from place to place depending on what mosquitoes are there to transmit them.

Dr. Echoff aims to completely eradicate malaria that has plagued mankind for 10,000 years and hopes to get support from other disciplines including aid workers, vaccine producers, drug companies, local doctors, and pest controllers.

According to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDCP), there are around 1,500 to 2,000 cases of malaria being reported in the U.S. every year. In 2011, reported cases hit a 40-year high of 1,925.

Moreover, CDCP reported that 63 outbreaks of locally transmitted mosquito-borne malaria have occurred from 1957 and 2015.