Dawn Blackburn, Michael Drennon, Kelly Broussard, Andrea M Morrison, Danielle Stanek, Elizabeth Sarney, Christina Ferracci, Steve Huard, Wade Brennan, John Eaton, Sara Nealeigh, Natalie Barber, Rebecca A Zimler, Jeremy N Adams, Carina Blackmore, Manuel Gordillo, Robert Mercado, Harold Vore, Kelly Scanlan, Ian Motie, Leslie Stanfield, Ahmed Farooq, Kimberly Widel, Kelly Tomson, Nancy Kerr, John Nasir, Marshall Cone, Connor Rice, Thomas Larkin, Edwin Hernandez, Jennifer Bencie, Christopher R Lesser, Max Dersch, Samantha Ramirez-Lachmann, Marah Clark, Susan Rollo, Amira Bashadi, Ronald Tyler, Bethany Bolling, Brent Moore, Brendan Sullivan, Eric Fonken, Raquel Castillo, Yaziri Gonzalez, Gustavo Olivares, Kimberly E Mace, Dean Sayre, Audrey Lenhart, Alice Sutcliffe, Ellen Dotson, Claudia Corredor, Emma Rogers, Brian H Raphael, Sarah G H Sapp, Yvonne Qvarnstrom, Alison D Ridpath, Peter D McElroy
Eight cases of locally acquired, mosquito-transmitted (i.e., autochthonous) Plasmodium vivax malaria, which has not been reported in the United States since 2003, were reported to CDC from state health departments in Florida and Texas during May 18-July 17, 2023. As of August 4, 2023, case surveillance, mosquito surveillance and control activities, and public outreach and education activities continue in both states. U.S. clinicians need to consider a malaria diagnosis in patients with unexplained fever, especially in areas where autochthonous malaria has been recently reported, although the risk for autochthonous malaria in the United States remains very low...
September 8, 2023: MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report