Five cases of malaria have been confirmed in Florida and Texas, the first time the potentially fatal mosquito-borne disease has been locally acquired in the United States in 20 years, the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday (Jun 26). The four Florida cases, along with one in Texas, have
Five cases of malaria have been confirmed in Florida and Texas, the first time the potentially fatal mosquito-borne disease has been locally acquired in the United States in 20 years, the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday .
The state of Florida said that its first case was diagnosed on May 26 in Sarasota County, while officials in Texas said on Jun 23 that a Texas resident who worked outdoors in Cameron County had been diagnosed with the disease. However, the CDC said that risk of malaria remains low in the United States, and that most cases are acquired when people travel outside of the country. Fully 95 per cent of malaria infections are acquired in Africa, the health agency said.Malaria is caused by five species of a parasite carried by certain female mosquitoes. Symptoms include fever, chills, headache, muscle pain and fatigue. Nausea, diarrhea and vomiting may also appear.
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