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Maryland Reports Case of Locally Acquired Malaria

Health officials said the Maryland patient had not traveled to Florida or Texas, where other cases have been reported since May

New Malaria Case Reported in Florida Brings National Total to Eight

However, public health officials are not concerned about a widespread outbreak

Mosquitoes Test Positive for Malaria in Florida

The testing follows discovery of four locally acquired cases of malaria in Florida and one in Texas -- the first known since 2003

Malaria Cases in Florida, Texas Are First U.S. Spread in 20 Years

United States has had 11 malaria outbreaks since 1992, including one involving eight cases in Palm Beach County in Florida in 2003

Monoclonal Antibody Studied for Prevention of Malaria

Phase 1 study demonstrates protective efficacy of next-generation antimalarial monoclonal antibody without evident safety concerns

New Malaria Treatment Gets First Approval for Use in Children

Single dose of tafenoquine is for use in combination with the traditional malaria drug chloroquine

Adherence to antimalarials may offer a protective effect against type 2 diabetes mellitus among patients with systemic lupus erythematosus

Antimalarials May Cut Risk for Type 2 Diabetes in Lupus Patients

T2DM risk reduced by 39 percent for those with high adherence to antimalarial therapy for managing lupus
The eradication of malaria worldwide may eventually be possible

WHO: Malaria Eradication Not Currently Possible

Smallpox the only human disease to ever have been wiped out
Malawi has become the first country to start immunizing children against malaria

Malawi First Country to Immunize Children Against Malaria

The vaccine, called Mosquirix, was approved by the European Medicines Agency in 2015
The drug artesunate -- the World Health Organization-recommended first-line treatment for severe malaria -- will become the first-line treatment for severe malaria in the United States

Guidance Lists New First-Line Treatment for Severe Malaria in the U.S.

With discontinuation of quinidine, IV artesunate is now first-line drug for treatment of malaria