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Egypt declared malaria-free after 100-year effort
(www.bbc.com)
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thunderbong
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21 Oct 24 12:51 UTC
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bufferoverflow
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21 Oct 24 14:44 UTC
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Doesn't it take just one tourist with malaria to bring it back?
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umanwizard
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21 Oct 24 14:55 UTC
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Malaria isn't contagious
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folli
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21 Oct 24 15:59 UTC
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That's technically correct, but an infectious person can infect another person over a vector (i.e. mosquitos).
So you get rid of mosquitos OR rid of malaria.
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umanwizard
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21 Oct 24 19:53 UTC
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That’s true; I didn’t realize it could go human -> mosquito -> human but according to Google you’re right.
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tshaddox
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21 Oct 24 21:07 UTC
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Isn’t that the
only
way? I’m pretty sure the human hosts are a vital step in the Plasmodium lifecycle.
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