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Locally Acquired Malaria in Florida and Texas

emergency.cdc.gov Health Alert Network (HAN) - 00494 | Locally Acquired Malaria Cases Identified in the United States

Health Alert Network (HAN). Provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

CDC issued an alert after identification of locally acquired malaria cases (P. vivax) in two U.S. states (Florida [4] and Texas [1]) within the last 2 months. Locally acquired mosquito-borne malaria has not occurred in the United States since 2003 when eight cases of locally acquired P. vivax malaria were identified in Palm Beach County, FL (1). Mosquito surveillance and control measures have been implemented in the affected area.

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