Florida malaria cases are a homegrown puzzle

Florida malaria cases baffle experts “We regularly had this happen every couple of years before [2003]. So it's almost like, why hasn't this happened?" asked one expert. POLITICO

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Incidents of the non-contagious disease — passed on by parasitic mosquitoes — are regularly diagnosed in the U.S., but all are tied to people who are infected when they travel abroad to countries where malaria is present. What makes the Florida and Texas infections so puzzling is that the patients contracted malaria here.

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