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Confusion over Gauteng malaria cases
February 6 2013
"Johannesburg - A Gauteng resident has died of malaria after mysteriously contracting it without a recent history of travelling to a high-risk area.
The person was among six people who were diagnosed with the disease without having travelled to areas with a high risk of malaria.
The cases were reported last month.
According to Dr Lucille Blumberg, of the National Institute for Communicable Diseases, it is very rare for people who have not travelled to endemic areas to contract malaria.
She said the only explanation would be that the mosquitoes had hidden themselves in the cars driven by the holidaymakers who were returning home, or had hidden themselves in suitcases or other containers.
...She said three cases were reported in Kempton Park and the other three near Bronkhorstspruit.
...She said there were other cases of malaria that had been reported in Gauteng, but those were from people who had recently travelled to malaria-prevalent areas."
February 6 2013
"Johannesburg - A Gauteng resident has died of malaria after mysteriously contracting it without a recent history of travelling to a high-risk area.
The person was among six people who were diagnosed with the disease without having travelled to areas with a high risk of malaria.
The cases were reported last month.
According to Dr Lucille Blumberg, of the National Institute for Communicable Diseases, it is very rare for people who have not travelled to endemic areas to contract malaria.
She said the only explanation would be that the mosquitoes had hidden themselves in the cars driven by the holidaymakers who were returning home, or had hidden themselves in suitcases or other containers.
...She said three cases were reported in Kempton Park and the other three near Bronkhorstspruit.
...She said there were other cases of malaria that had been reported in Gauteng, but those were from people who had recently travelled to malaria-prevalent areas."