The Florida Department of Health has issued a statewide mosquito-borne illness advisory after four locally contracted cases of malaria were reported along the Gulf Coast south of Tampa.
also noted that another case has been detected in Texas, marking the first time there has been a local spread of malaria in the United States in 20 years.
It’s the threat of the mosquito-borne illness that concerns Kathleen Gibson-Dee, who lives on Terra Ceia Island, which is about 20 miles north of Sarasota County. Another resident, Tom Lyons, says news of the malaria cases “makes me take mosquito protection a little more seriously.” He said the time frame for when a mosquito can become infected to when it can transmit the disease to a person is about 14 days.
Officials in Sarasota County area also using similar tactics to control mosquitos, the county’s health department said in an advisory.
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