Once eradicated from the United States, “locally acquired” malaria has now cropped up in a third state this year, this time in the Maryland suburbs just outside of the nation’s capital. Earlier this year a handful of locally acquired malaria cases were found in Florida and Texas.
One victim was reported hospitalized with a strain different than those in Florida and Texas.
The Baltimore Banner reported on a press briefing by the health department (excerpt):
The Maryland case involves a strain that is different from the strain seen so far in Florida and Texas, and can be more severe, said Dr. David Blythe, director of the Maryland Department of Health’s Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Outbreak Response Bureau, in a Friday afternoon news conference.
He said its primary symptom is fever, which residents should be on the lookout for. Symptoms usually appear about seven to 30 days after someone is bitten by a mosquito carrying a parasite. It can cause high fever, chills, body aches, diarrhea and vomiting.
The state Department of Agriculture announced emergency mosquito spraying would take place Friday evening starting at 7:30.
The Maryland Department of Health issued a statement Friday afternoon:
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