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Quite shocking, considering this girls had never been to Africa.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-41161133
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-41161133
Malaria is not only in Africa. Most tropical regions have mosquitoes. The only reasonable explanation is, çonditions must have enabled them to spread to parts of southern Europe.Quite shocking, considering this girls had never been to Africa.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-41161133
Exactly what I was thinking. It's not out of the realms of possibility for several parasite carrying mosquitoes to hitch a ride in a suitcase (it's happened to me on a few occasions) and survive for a couple of days before biting the girl.Could it be that the mosquito was in some kind of packaging?
Yeah sounds plausible. Wouldn't worry too much until we saw more hospital admits due to malaria.Could it be that the mosquito was in some kind of packaging?
Yeah. Our mosquitos can't transmit malaria.Could it be that the mosquito was in some kind of packaging?
This is how every zombie movie I've ever seen begins.
They're just extremely annoying.Yeah. Our mosquitos can't transmit malaria.
Yeah sounds like it could just be one of those wildly unlikely freak accidents that happen every so often. Poor kid.Exactly what I was thinking. It's not out of the realms of possibility for several parasite carrying mosquitoes to hitch a ride in a suitcase (it's happened to me on a few occasions) and survive for a couple of days before biting the girl.
Not with that attitude they can't!Yeah. Our mosquitos can't transmit malaria.
Racism kiddingWhy is the talk specifically about Africa? Malaria is present in other places as well.
+ like, common sense.Source - I'm a molecular biologist that studies insects and viruses.
And did your common sense contribute anything to the discussion?+ like, common sense.
Didn't see anyone else mention something like this.If there was one mosquito with malaria then there would be a lot more - insects breed like crazy and wherever the Plasmodium originated from it would be sure to infect thousands of other mosquitoes.
Insects breed like crazy?! Learn something new every day. So you're saying my wasp breeding programme isn't going to be gold mine I first thought it would be?And did your common sense contribute anything to the discussion?
Didn't see anyone else mention something like this.
Take a hike.
Insects breed like crazy?! Learn something new every day. So you're saying my wasp breeding programme isn't going to be gold mine I first thought it would be?
Relax.
Libero and il Tempo are two fecking stupid right-win newspapers. They are like the Daily Mail.Italian "newspapers" are sensationalizing this story by claiming that the immigrants are to blame for this.
"After bringing misery, now they bring diseases"
"Here is the malaria of the immigrants"
It only transmits through blood and other infected mosquitos.Italian "newspapers" are sensationalizing this story by claiming that the immigrants are to blame for this.
"After bringing misery, now they bring diseases"
"Here is the malaria of the immigrants"
Cheers mate. Your words were so importantThis is certainly a biological needle in a haystack - but entirely possible. The adult phase of female Anopheles mosquitoes can last up to a month, this is when they act as vectors. My belief would be that some odd occurrence of events led to the mosquito being stowed away in some sort of packaging that originated in a tropical area. It's very unlikely that the mosquito would be unharmed during shipping, but I guess every now and then strange things happen.
I don't think the mosquito came from the Venice area where the girl was recently on vacation. Why? If there was one mosquito with malaria then there would be a lot more - insects breed like crazy and wherever the Plasmodium originated from it would be sure to infect thousands of other mosquitoes. That's why it seems a single mosquito was isolated and somehow made it Italy. When odd things like this happen I always think about the scale of the planet and how many insects and humans inhabit Earth - eventually the stars will align and the seemingly impossible may happen.
Source - I'm a molecular biologist that studies insects and viruses.
Because 90% of malaria cases are in Africa and there were two girls from Africa with it in the same hospital. Some people will manage to be outraged by it though I am sure.Why is the talk specifically about Africa? Malaria is present in other places as well.
Ok chief, thanks for the info.Not that insects breed like crazy, but that if the Plasmodium is present in one, it would be likely be present throughout the mosquito population... Which it apparently isn't. This leads to the conclusion that this individual did defy odds and survive transport from a relatively far away place.
Can malaria be contracted from other patients? Weird if so, I didn't think it could.Because 90% of malaria cases are in Africa and there were two girls from Africa with it in the same hospital. Some people will manage to be outraged by it though I am sure.
It can be transmitted via blood transfusion and contact with the blood of those infected. Unlikely nowadays because hospitals are generally clean and doctors/nurses take precautions. Decades ago, not so much.Can malaria be contracted from other patients? Weird if so, I didn't think it could.
No, however one of the mosquitoes that lives in Italy is capable of carrying malaria. In some weird series of events one could have bitten one of the two and then bitten this girl.Can malaria be contracted from other patients? Weird if so, I didn't think it could.
Cheers. Thought so.It can be transmitted via blood transfusion and contact with the blood of those infected. Unlikely nowadays because hospitals are generally clean and doctors/nurses take precautions. Decades ago, not so much.
How unfortunate would that be, yikes.No, however one of the mosquitoes that lives in Italy is capable of carrying malaria. In some weird series of events one could have bitten one of the two and then bitten this girl.
Either way, the vast majority of malaria cases are in Africa and given Italy's close proximity to the continent its hardly a shock to think it likely came from there.