A recent health alert from the CDC indicated malaria isn't always contracted during international travel — there have been recent reports of locally acquired cases.
It is a global disease, causing over 240 million cases a year, but the vast majority — 95% — come from Africa, per the CDC.or South Asia — mostly during the summer and early fall. , approximately 2,000 cases were diagnosed annually in the U.S., with 300 people having severe disease mostly due to P. falciparum; only five to 10 people typically die every year in the U.S. from malaria.
"Malaria in humans usually presents with fevers," said one expert."Other symptoms may include body aches, headaches and shortness of breath." Although rarely observed, one classic clue of infection with P. falciparum and P. vivax is a fever that arrives like clockwork every other day, the CDC says.After a drop of blood is placed on a glass slide, it’s then smudged to spread the blood, creating a"blood smear," per the CDC.under the microscope"To effectively rule out malaria, one must have three negative blood smears on microscopy spaced out by 12 hours," Nnedu added.
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