By Ethan Covey
Eight cases of locally acquired mosquito-transmitted malaria were reported in Florida and Texas from May to July 2023.
This is the first time in 20 years that locally acquired malaria cases have been identified in the United States (MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2023;72[36]:973-978).
“Most of the approximately 2,000 malaria cases diagnosed in the U.S. each year are in people who have traveled to countries where malaria is still widespread,” said Dawn Blackburn, BVMS, an