New Jersey officials are currently investigating the origins of a malaria case in Morris County, after it was found that the person who fell ill had no recent history of international travel. The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign in or subscribe to access the full content.

A joint statement from the New Jersey Departments of Health (NJDOH) and Environmental Protection (NJDEP) released on August 18 announced the investigation, and said that if the infection was picked up within the state, it would be the first locally acquired case of malaria in New Jersey since 1991.

Malaria is a disease caused by parasites belonging to the genus Plasmodium , which are picked up by female mosquitoes in the Anopheles genus when they bite an infected person. The now-infected m

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