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To the Editor: Brook and colleagues (July 7 issue)¹ describe two cases of Plasmodium vivax malaria apparently acquired locally in New Jersey. This is of course a remarkable occurrence, and the hypothesis that the malarial parasite was transmitted locally requires careful critical evaluation. It is surprising that the authors did not consider the possibility that infected mosquitoes were imported into nonmalarial areas by airplanes ("airport malaria"²) or even in the baggage of passengers ("baggage malaria"³). These mechanisms may explain apparently unexplainable occurrences of malaria in temperate countries. It would be interesting to know whether the patients described by . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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