Marines got malaria on Liberia mission

Washington Times ^ | Tuesday, September 9, 2003 | By Rowan Scarborough

[JohnHuang2]

A dozen Marines who participated in peacekeeping in Liberia last month have been diagnosed with malaria, while another 21 military personnel from their unit are exhibiting symptoms for the mosquito-borne disease, military officials said yesterday.

Of the 33 — 32 Marines and a Navy hospital corpsman — two were sent to a military hospital in Germany and the other 31 flown to the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda. All are on antibiotics that kill the parasite, Plasmodium falciparum.

[JohnHuang2]

Tuesday, September 9, 2003

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[Prodigal Son]

I would imagine Liberia would be a good place to catch malaria.

[Brasil]

Thanks to the greenie extremos and their campaign to save the mosquitoes.

[cyborg]

Why is this news? it's only 120 degrees in Iraq. I suppose Marines could get heat stroke :-( Either way, these dozen either did not do what they were told, or they're in the subset where these drugs do not have an effect.

[HogFixer]

It's important because you can't get a shot for heat stroke. Either they didn't get their shots or the shots are no good.

[cyborg]

Did I sound picky? I probably was but 24 news seems to like to report any and every last piece of news. Oh well...Whatever happened to using quinine? Or did this go out with ether? I know its an old remedy but sometimes the old stuff are still good.