Updates on Locally Acquired Malaria Cases Identified in Florida Texas and Maryland

What You Need To Know

• On August 18, a single case of locally acquired malaria was reported in Maryland. The  Plasmodium falciparum species is unrelated to the cases involving local transmission of Plasmodium vivax malaria in Florida and Texas described previously.
• P. falciparum malaria can rapidly cause severe illness and even death if not quickly diagnosed, therefore rapid diagnosis and treatment is imperative.
• Clinicians should consider a malaria diagnosis in any person with an unexplained cause of fever, regardless of their travel history.

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