Claim: Between 2003 and 2023 there weren't any cases of malaria spread by mosquitoes.
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Verdict: there were no locally acquired cases of mosquito-transmitted malaria in the us during this time.  in 2023 10 such cases were recorded in florida, texas, maryland and arkansas. there are around 2,000 cases of largely travel-related malaria in the us each year and millions of cases of malaria globally.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Jess Hacker
Date published: 2024-09-23T00:00:00