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Five people infected with malaria in Florida and Texas as potentially fatal disease carried by mosquitos makes its return to the US for the first time in two decades

Five cases of malaria have been confirmed in Florida and Texas.

It is the first time the potentially fatal mosquito-borne disease has been locally acquired in the United States in 20 years, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Monday.

The four Florida cases, along with one in Texas, have been diagnosed over two months, the agency said.

The state of Florida said its first case was diagnosed on May 26 in Sarasota County, while officials in Texas said on June 23 that a Texas resident who worked outdoors in Cameron County had been diagnosed with the disease.

The agency said the people who were diagnosed received treatment and ‘are improving.’

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