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Written By: Kinkini Gupta | Updated : June 27, 2023 4:03 PM IST
USA Witnesses A Sudden Resurgence Of Malaria Cases After 20 Years
USA is experiencing a sudden resurgence of Malaria cases in the country after 20 years. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that, the states of Florida and Texas have confirmed at least five cases which were diagnosed over the span of two months. Among the five cases, four of them are from Texas and one from Florida. CDC has also issued an alert stating malaria as a 'medical emergency', and that people experiencing symptoms must be urgently evaluated by health officials. This resurgence of the disease has everyone alarmed.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the risk of malaria has always been low in the country. If at all, a case is detected by officials, it is always due to international travels and the disease is acquired from other countries. Almost 95 per cent of all malaria infections are contracted from African countries itself. But, in the current scenario, the people who have been diagnosed with malaria had not been abroad at all. So, they contracted the disease from inside the country. Experts state that this raises fears that local mosquitoes could be spreading the disease to others and lead to a spike in local transmission.
Amidst all the talk about the disease, the state of Florida and Texas has issued alerts regarding mosquito-borne illness and has advised residents to:
The vector-borne disease is cause by five species of a parasite which are carried by female mosquitoes only. The disease spreads when a mosquito bites an infected person and then goes on to bite a healthy person. The possible symptoms that patients may experience are: diarrhoea, vomiting, nausea, fever, chills. If the disease goes out of control, it may cause kidney failure, coma and seizures and can be life threatening.
