A Maryland resident contracted malaria after being bitten by a mosquito locally, officials said Friday.
Maryland has long been home to the Anopheles mosquito, which can spread the parasite that causes malaria from person to person. David Blythe, director of the Maryland Department of Health’s Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Outbreak Response Bureau, said the state had eradicated locally contracted infections because of mosquito control efforts that significantly reduced the public’s exposure to the Anopheles mosquito.
Travelers who know they could be exposed to malaria-spreading mosquitoes in another country can get preventive drugs from their physician to reduce the chances that they contract the disease and spread it to others.
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