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CDC Warns of Imported Malaria – U.S. Cases Reach 40 Year High

October 31, 2013 By Malaria.com Leave a Comment

Increase underscores importance of taking recommended medicines to prevent malaria when traveling In 2011, 1,925 malaria cases were reported in the United States, according to data published in a supplement of the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This number is the highest since 1971, more than 40 years ago, and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria News Tagged With: CDC, Centers for Disease Control, Malaria Prevention, Malaria transmission

Areas Where Malaria Occurs

August 19, 2012 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION Can you please tell me the high, low and no risk areas for malaria. ANSWER Malaria requires certain climatic conditions, both for its own development as well as for the survival of its vector mosquitoes. As such, malaria transmission is concentrated in lowland areas of the tropics, where there is sufficient freshwater for mosquito breeding. However, malaria can also seasonably be … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: Centers for Disease Control, climate, high risk transmission, low risk transmission, Malaria distribution, no transmission

Malaria in the United States, Years Later

April 12, 2012 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION For years, I have questioned what sickness I got years ago after a series of bug bites in a bayou in New Orleans. I've just read the symptoms described here and they fit everything I was suffering with. I even had problems with my liver, but I was never tested for Malaria because I had immediately left New Orleans for Italy. I never thought of mentioning it. This mysterious illness … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: blood test, CDC, Centers for Disease Control, domestic malaria, Louisiana, Malaria Control, Malaria Diagnosis, Malaria transmission, New Orleans, serological testing, Virginia

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