PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – A woman in Washington has been diagnosed with malaria despite not traveling abroad, the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department announced Thursday.
The woman was diagnosed Aug. 2 and has been in treatment while Washington state health officials investigate the source of her illness.
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According to TPCHD, it’s possible the woman was recently infected with malaria in Washington, making her illness the first known locally acquired case of malaria in Washington. An investigation is underway with the Washington State Department of Health (DOH) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
However, health officials say this case should cause public concern, as the “most likely cause of a locally acquired case is a mosquito biting someone infected with a travel-associated case of malaria, then passing the infection on to this patient.”…