Five have been found locally transmitted cases of malaria in the states of Texas and Florida, That is why the health authorities of the United States have issued a warning to the public and health personnel.

It’s about the Cases of locally transmitted malaria have been reported in the US for the first time in 20 years.according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the nation’s top health authority, in a statement.

Specifically, the government agency explained, There have been four confirmed cases in Florida and one in Texas in the past two months and there is no evidence of any connection between them.

Officials said areas in Florida and Texas where the infections have been reported are under “surveillance” and all patients “have received treatment and are on the mend.”

Despite these cases, the statement stressed, “the risk of local malaria infection in the US remains extremely low.”

take care of mosquitoes

Authorities have recommended that the public take measures to prevent mosquito bites and control these insects at home, as measures to prevent the diseases they can transmit.

malaria is one febrile illness caused by a protozoan and transmitted to humans by the bite of anopheles mosquitoes.

malaria symptoms

Symptoms of this disease can be fever, vomiting and/or headache. The classic form of manifestation in the body is “fever, sweats and chills” appearing 10 to 15 days after the mosquito bite.

Texas has an annual average of more than 120 cases of malaria contracted while traveling abroad. According to local media, the last case of local contamination occurred in that state in 1994.

In Florida, the largest outbreak in its recent history occurred in Palm Beach County (east coast) in 2003, when eight cases were recorded.