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Malaria, a severe and potentially fatal disease most often caused by the bite of an infected mosquito, has been reported in the U.S. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a health advisory because there have been instances of people getting infected with Plasmodium vivax malaria in Florida and…

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The last US outbreak of malaria was in 2003, with eight reported cases in Florida

Five cases of malaria have been detected in the US in the last two months

Florida and Texas have reported a combined total of five cases, noting the patients are ‘improving’ from their symptoms.

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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

Four people in Florida and one person in Texas recently caught malaria within the U.S. Similar cases haven't been reported since 2003.