Fox Health: 'Airport malaria' on the rise in Europe, new study suggests: Here's what travelers should know

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'Airport malaria' on the rise in Europe, new study suggests: Here's what travelers should know

A study noted an increase in airport and luggage malaria cases in Europe, but is it really a concern? Experts weigh the risks and the need for prevention measures....                        ...                        ...                            ...Cases of You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login have increased in Europe, a new study found.......Research published last week in the journal Eurosurveillance surveyed 145 cases between 2018 and 2022 – 105 were classified as airport malaria and 32 as luggage malaria.......Despite a decline in travel due to the You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, more than a third of all cases since 2000 occurred during this time, with a spike in 2019.......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......The global research group defined airport malaria as an infection that's acquired at or near an airport from the bite of You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login that was transported from a malaria-endemic area.......Luggage malaria occurs when an infectious mosquito is transported in baggage and infects a person away from the airport.......Malaria is caused by Plasmodium malariae......In the study, 52 cases of You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login were reported in France, 19 were in Belgium and nine were in Germany. Most of these patients lived or worked near an airport.......A majority of those cases occurred between June and September.......Luggage malaria was more of a rare occurrence, with only 32 cases reported over the five-year study period.......Although France had the most cases at 23, the Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport was most often mentioned.......These findings highlight the need for effective prevention measures and surveillance of cases in Europe, according to the researchers.......They also recommended following WHO aircraft disinfection procedures.......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......In response to the study, Fox News senior medical contributor You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login said that other insect-related risks are more concerning......."People are more worried – and should be – about bedbugs hitching a ride on luggage," he said in a conversation with Fox News Digital.......You are not allowed to view links. Register or LoginYou are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......"The idea of malaria-ridden mosquitoes becoming an international You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login is a negative fantasy at best – it is not going to happen."......The risk is low, Siegel noted, because non-endemic destinations are "not a mosquito's natural habitat."......"Although it is a real phenomenon, it is very rare and will remain so," he said.......Malaria is a leading cause of death in developing countries, especially for children and You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, according to the WHO.......In 2022, the disease caused 608,000 deaths and about 249 million clinical episodes. About 95% of those deaths were in the WHO African Region.......Fox News Digital reached out to the researchers for comment....

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