Ronan Kelly
Retired 2020
Health Officials Say 2 Men Died of Malaria in Springfield
Associated Press
June 22, 2015 5:33 PM
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) ? Cerebral malaria was the cause of death for two men from South Africa whose bodies were found at a southwest Missouri motel where they had stopped during a motorcycle trip, health officials said Monday.
Gerrit Strydom, 45, and James Bethel, 44, died in early May of cerebral malaria, a non-communicable, treatable disease transmitted by an infected mosquito, said Tom Van De Berg, a forensic investigator for the Greene County medical examiner?s office.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention made the diagnosis, Van De Berg said. He said Bethel and Strydom likely had been infected at the same time in South Africa and died within hours of each other the night before their bodies were found May 9 in separate rooms.
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http://stlouis.cbslocal.com/2015/06/22/health-officials-say-2-men-died-of-malaria-in-springfield/
Associated Press
June 22, 2015 5:33 PM
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) ? Cerebral malaria was the cause of death for two men from South Africa whose bodies were found at a southwest Missouri motel where they had stopped during a motorcycle trip, health officials said Monday.
Gerrit Strydom, 45, and James Bethel, 44, died in early May of cerebral malaria, a non-communicable, treatable disease transmitted by an infected mosquito, said Tom Van De Berg, a forensic investigator for the Greene County medical examiner?s office.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention made the diagnosis, Van De Berg said. He said Bethel and Strydom likely had been infected at the same time in South Africa and died within hours of each other the night before their bodies were found May 9 in separate rooms.
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http://stlouis.cbslocal.com/2015/06/22/health-officials-say-2-men-died-of-malaria-in-springfield/