So, just when you thought it was safe to into the water........
We have pretty good mosquito control programs, so malaria has become all but extinct here.........however, the Anopheles mosquito which carries malaria is endemic in the South. I remember something about more soldiers dying in the Civil War from malaria than bullets, but I'm sure someone will fact check that. The good and bad news is that there are only 4 cases so far. The mosquito has to bite an infected person, then bite someone else some time later to transmit the disease. Only bad part is that there are probably more than 4 infected. The other good news is that, if I'm not mistaken, malaria in the US is either P. vivax or P. ovale, but not P. falciparum. The latter is the only species that has pernicious forms such a bilious remittent fever or cerebral malaria, neither of which you want. So stay tuned......
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