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Texas Reports Rare Malaria Cases

Malaria is so rare in the U.S. that it’s considered eradicated, and almost all cases are related to travel to other countries. But a new infection in Cameron County, Texas, and two recently in Florida are considered to be locally acquired. Here’s what that means.

First Florida and now Texas another very rare cases of locally acquired malaria the Texas department of health issued an advisory Friday over a case of malaria in Cameron county at the very southern tip of the state malaria is spread only by bites from certain types of mosquitoes and it's so unusual in the U. S. that it's

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