TY  - JOUR
T1  - PRobable locally acquired mosquito-transmitted plasmodium vivax infection—georgia, 1996
Y1  - 1997/04/16
N1  - 10.1001/jama.1997.03540390021010
JO  - JAMA
SP  - 1191
EP  - 1193
VL  - 277
IS  - 15
N2  - ENDEMIC, mosquitoborne transmission of malaria was interrupted in the United States during the 1940s. Since then, 57 small localized outbreaks of probable mosquito-transmitted malaria in the United States have been reported to CDC.1,2 This report summarizes the investigation of a case of Plasmodium vivax infection in a resident of Georgia who had never lived in or visited a malarious area. The results of this investigation suggest that this case probably was acquired through the bite of a locally infected Anopheles sp. mosquito, although a probable source of infection for mosquitoes was not confirmed.Case Investigation 
    On June 22, 1996, a 53-year-old man residing in Tift County, Georgia, was admitted to a hospital because of a 12-day history of fever, chills, fatigue, and myalgias. Physical examination on admission revealed a temperature of 105.6 F (40.9 C) and mild tachypnea. Initial laboratory examinations demonstrated only moderate anemia (hemoglobin:
SN  - 0098-7484
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.1997.03540390021010
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1997.03540390021010
ER  -