Posted on 06/27/2023 4:47:19 AM PDT by NautiNurse
June 26 (UPI) -- Health officials have recently detected five malaria cases in the United States, marking the first locally acquired mosquito-borne malaria to be diagnosed in the country in two decades.
The handful of cases has prompted the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to issue a warning to health officials and the public about the disease.
Federal health officials warn there could be a rise in imported malaria cases this summer linked to increased international travel and the need for rapid access to IV artesunate, the first-line treatment for severe malaria in the country.
Four of the locally acquired cases of the potentially fatal disease were detected in Sarasota County, Fla. The Florida Department of Health announced the cases in a statement Monday. The fifth case was detected in Cameron County, Texas, its health department said.
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The CDC said this is the first time locally acquired mosquito-borne malaria has been detected in the United States since eight cases were identified in Palm Beach County, Fla., in 2003. Texas' most recent case occurred in 1994, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services.
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Federal officials state that there are 2,000 cases of malaria diagnosed in the United States each year but are diagnosed in travelers and immigrants returning from countries where malaria transmission occurs.
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Don’t forget the lime in your gin and tonic to prevent scurvy.
Where was Fauci when the mosquitos were released from the lab?
Cameron Co, TX is at the bottom of TX and at the border. Of course.
Malaria is back? That gives me a fever.
Isn’t the treatment for malaria, HCQ????
It must be a coincidence that from 2003-2023 there wasn’t one case of Malaria spread by mosquitos…and along comes a company funded by Bill Gates…to solve a problem that didn’t exist…and suddenly in the exact places where he releases mosquitos…there’s an outbreak of Malaria? pic.twitter.com/dQpT2VzwuD— Liz Churchill (@liz_churchill10) June 27, 2023
The US used to import a really effective bug killer from Germany. Called Zyclon.
I still have ~1lb of Chlordane.
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