2 more locally acquired cases of malaria found in Florida, bringing recent US total to 7
Health officials reporting two more cases of locally acquired malaria in Florida, bringing the total in the United States up to seven. More cases of locally acquired malaria have been detected in the United States, bringing the total up to seven across the country. In a recent report, Florida health officials said they detected two more cases of the mosquito-borne illness in Sarasota County. It comes just two weeks after four people in Sarasota County and one person in Cameron County, Texas, were found to have malaria. MORE: Mosquitoes are so smart they're learning how to avoid pesticides used to kill them, study says ABC News reached out to the Texas Department of State Health Services to see if more cases had been identified in the state but did not immediately hear back. These are the first malaria cases acquired locally in the US since 2003. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a health advisory last week, warning doctors and public health officials in the affe...