‘Perfect storm’ made malaria return to U.S. after 20 years
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“Disease detectives” with the CDC have been digging into what caused people in 4 states to end up infected with malaria, after a 20-year absence of locally-transmitted cases. Now a new report says the cases were the result of a “perfect storm.”
Breakdown
- Ten people in four U.S. states contracted malaria from local mosquitoes.
- The cases occurred in 2023 after a 20-year absence of local malaria transmission. 6s
- CDC experts link the outbreak to record international travel and high temperatures. 13s
- Malaria remains treatable and U.S. cases are still rare. 19s
- Climate change is enabling mosquitoes to survive in previously colder regions. 26s