Return of malaria in the U.S. is costing millions, study claims

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Return of malaria in the U.S. is costing millions, study claims

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By Sally Robertson, BScApril 25, 2017

Malaria-related hospitalizations and deaths in the U.S. are far more common than expected, report researchers, despite transmission having been eliminated in the country back in the 1950s.
 
http://www.news-medical.net/news/20170425/Return-of-malaria-in-the-US-is-costing-millions-study-claims.aspx

The disease has made a comeback in U.S. hospitals, as travelers return home from regions where the mosquito-borne disease is still common, they say.
 

"It appears more and more Americans are traveling to areas where malaria is common and many of them are not taking preventive measures, such as using anti-malarial preventive medications and mosquito repellents, even though they are very effective at preventing infections," explains lead author and epidemiologist Diana Khuu (University of California, Los Angeles).

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Surely this isn't because of illegal aliens, undocumented workers, future citizens or whatever else Imam Obama called them, from south of the border?!