Two states are seeing locally acquired cases- the first spread inside the US in 20 years.
Malaria is caused by being bitten by an infected mosquito. People cannot catch it from each other. But the insects catch it from infected people - and the cycle continues.However, Anopheles mosquitoes, found throughout many parts of the US, can transmit malaria, if they have fed on an infected person.travellers from malaria-endemic areas are found
Infected people can suffer fever, sweats and chills. Malaria is an emergency and must be treated quickly with drugs to kill the parasite that causes the infection.The CDC says it is working with the Florida and Texas health departments and those recently diagnosed and treated "are improving". US doctors are being advised to consider malaria in any person with an unexplained fever, regardless of international travel history, particularly if they have visited or live in the affected areas of Florida or Texas.
Florida has issued a mosquito-borne illness alert after cases were discovered in Sarasota County and Manatee County, warning residents to drain standing water where mosquitoes can breed and wear long-sleeved shirts and pants.
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