For the first time since 2003 five people contracted malaria in the United States. According to health officials, four people in Sarasota County, Florida and one person in Cameron County, Texas.
According to the CDC, malaria is a serious and sometimes fatal disease if left untreated, caused by a parasite that typically infects a specific species of mosquito that feeds on human blood.
The disease occurs when a person is bitten by a mosquito, a carrier of malaria parasites.CDC said. Malaria is not contagious and cannot be passed from person to person.
The source of the transmission is currently under investigation as Cameron County is the southernmost county in Texas, about 1,300 miles from Sarasota, Florida.
Four Florida patients “treated and recovered.”according to a statewide mosquito-borne disease advisory from the Florida Department of Health released Monday.
However, residents were advised to “take precautions by applying insect repellant, avoiding areas with high mosquito populations, and wearing long trousers and shirts whenever possible, especially during sunrise and sunset when mosquitoes are most active,” the report said. health department.
The last cases of local infection in Texas occurred in 1994 and 2003 in Palm Beach, Florida. according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Symptoms include fever, chills, muscle aches, nausea, headache, and anemia, and can sometimes be fatal if left untreated, according to the CDC.
Malaria used to be common in the US, but a 1947 campaign by southeastern states to spray insecticides and drain spawning grounds eliminated transmission, according to the CDC.
According to the CDC, there are about 2,000 cases of malaria every year. they are most often diagnosed in people infected abroad.
According to the CDC, people can protect themselves from mosquito bites by draining standing water from gutters and flower pots, wearing long sleeves and long trousers, using insect repellant and using window screens.
Source: La Opinion
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