Congenital malaria--Nassau County, New York, 2004.

From: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report | Date: April 22, 2005| Author: Doraiswamy, B.; Genovese-Candela, A. | Copyright information

Human malaria is a parasitic disease caused by four distinct species of intraerythrocytic protozoa of the genus Plasmodium. The parasites are transmitted to persons by the bite of an infective female Anopheles mosquito and rarely through blood transfusion and congenital transmission (1,2). The majority of malarial infections reported in the United States are acquired abroad by recent immigrants or persons returning from areas where malaria is endemic (3,4). This report describes th...

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