US health authorities have confirmed five cases of malaria in the last two months the states of Florida and Texas have been infected with the disease for the first time in two decades due to local transmission.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published alert after confirmation of four cases in Florida and one in Texasbefore emphasizing that “there are concerns about a potential increase in imported cases of malaria associated with increased international travel in the summer of 2023.”

Thus, they emphasized that “They are collaborating with two state health departments. in ongoing investigations following local transmission of cases Plasmodium vivax“before pointing out that” there is no evidence that the cases in the two states are related.

“In Florida revealed four cases in close geographic proximity, while we are actively monitoring possible additional cases,” they said, stressing that the situation in the area where the Texas case was detected is also under observation.

“All patients received treatment and are on the mend”pointed out by the CDC, which detailed that “there have been no local cases of malaria in the United States since 2003, when eight cases of malaria were identified.” Palasmodium vivax in Palm Beach County, Florida.

In this sense, they noted that “despite these cases, the risk of local malaria infection remains extremely low in the United States”, although they explained that “mosquito vectors anopheleswhich are found in many parts of the country are capable of transmitting malaria if they feed on a malaria-infected person.”

Therefore, the CDC stated that “in addition to routinely treating malaria as a cause of febrile illness among patients with a history of international travel to malaria transmission sites, clinicians consideration should be given to diagnosing any person with a fever of unknown originregardless of your travel history.”