Possible Local Malaria Case Found in New Jersey. Here’s What to Know

The disease that was spreading after mosquitoes may be spread by mosquitoes in the United States. New Jersey officials are now achieving whether locally residing malaria infection is obtained.

The health departments were reported in New Jersey (NJDOH) and environmental protection in the case on Monday. The resident has not traveled recently, indicating that they are likely to hold him from local mosquitoes. If so, this will be the first locally acquired malaria issue that was seen in the state more than three decades ago, although it is not the first such situation in the country this year.

Blood -loving parasite

Malaria spoke about several types of single parasite Plasmodium. When the affected mosquitoes are transferred to a person, parasites will first invade certain tissues (usually the liver), multiply, then affect red blood cells. A small percentage of parasites in the bloodstream will develop into a stage of life that can affect and grow newly within mosquitoes that bite a person, and the cycle begins again.

Symptoms of malaria, which include fatigue, chills, and other influenza -like diseases, are caused by the damage caused by our blood cells. Although most people survive the malaria attack, it can cause life -threatening complications such as seizures, kidney failure and stinks. Even with the treatments available today, malaria still kills approximately 600,000 people all over the world every year – which makes it one of the bloodiest diseases around it.

Malaria was a common threat in the United States, especially in the warmer regions during the summer. But a dedicated public health campaign, which included mosquito spray programs and removal of reproductive sites, extracted the disease by the fifties. Since then, all cases of malaria that have been reported in the United States are considered travel related to travel, which arise from places where the disease is settler. But the possibility that malaria will remain on the return.

Mosquitoes

Malaria is spread by a female Anophilis Mosquitoes, there are local species in the United States that can transfer the disease to humans, including in New Jersey.

Although officials are not sure of the origin of this last situation, it is possible that the person with measles associated with travel has reached the area and was bitten by mosquitoes that may bite another person. According to health officials, nearly 100 cases of travel related to the state are reported annually. If this new situation is confirmed as local, this will be the first documented local case in New Jersey since 1991.

Officials say the threat of malaria to the largest audience is the minimum, but other modern cases have been obtained locally. In 2023, for example, there were three separate groups in Florida, Texas and Maryland (at that time, the first documented US American cases were in two decades). Earlier this month, Washington officials reported their local local case for Malaria, and perhaps the first to be found in the state.

Low with the risk of malaria, we still have to do our best to prevent mosquito bites. There are other diseases that mosquitoes in the United States can spread outside malaria, including Western Nile virus, encephalitis in East horses (EEE), and even dengue fever. We can make bites personally using an insect repellent and wear long -sleeved clothes. People should also do their role to clean areas around their homes that can turn into a mosquito -raising land.

Sean M. Lasoret, New Jersey Environmental Protection Commissioner, in a statement, “I urge the public to continue to take steps to get rid of permanent water around its properties, which will make a long way to reduce the risk of mosquito raising.” “With the end of the summer, taking this simple but necessary step will help ensure the quality of life and protect public health.”