Frankfurt Airport Malaria Outbreak Kills 3 After Infected Mosquito Arrived on Flight
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Updated · Fox News · Sep 18
Frankfurt Airport Malaria Outbreak Kills 3 After Infected Mosquito Arrived on Flight
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Sep 18
Summary
A third malaria death has been reported near Frankfurt Airport, bringing the toll to three in a rare German outbreak tied to an infected mosquito carried in on a flight.
Plasmodium falciparum infected at least two local residents who had not traveled to malaria-endemic regions or worked at the airport, reinforcing officials' conclusion that this was "airport malaria" rather than imported illness.
Six Fraport employees contracted malaria between July 4 and July 6, according to the Robert Koch Institute and the airport operator; one airport worker died in August.
Frankfurt Airport set mosquito traps around the property in July and told employees to seek medical care if symptoms appeared, as authorities worked to contain a disease that cannot spread person to person.