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The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a health advisory after locally acquired malaria cases were confirmed in Florida and Texas within the last two months.
CDC noted that four malaria cases were found in Florida, while the fifth was confirmed in Texas.
There hasn’t been a case of malaria caught locally in the US in 20 years.
In the advisory, EPA state there was a "Concern for a potential rise in imported malaria cases associated with increased international travel in summer 2023," and adviseed of "the need to plan for rapid access to IV artesunate, which is the first-line treatment for severe malaria in the United States."
The CDC said all of the recent cases in the U.S. have received treatment, "and are improving."
About 2,000 cases of malaria are logged in the U.S. each year, according to the agency. The last time mosquito-borne malaria occurred in the U.S. was in 2008, when eight cases were identified in Palm Beach County, Fla.
Source: CDC
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