Malaria in Pretoria

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Six people have been diagnosed with malaria in Tshwane in Gauteng without visiting malaria areas, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) said.

http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/6-malaria-cases-confirmed-in-Tshwane-20120203

Not keen on this business.

Anybody know why its slowly creeping south?

 

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Lots of rain and heat?

The most likely explanation for this was that malaria mosquitoes had travelled with holidaymakers returning to their homes in Tshwane.

"It is likely these cases acquired infection by the bites of infected mosquitoes translocated from endemic areas in vehicles, containers or by other modes - a relatively rare occurrence known as odyssean malaria," said the NICD.

"Nevertheless, the possibility of a locally breeding malaria vector population causing local malaria transmission cannot be ruled out at this stage."