Malaria: an "imported" disease to be reckoned with in the U.S.
Malaria is a treatable, potentially fatal disease. A detailed travel history and personal attention to laboratory diagnosis are essential. Infection related to current military ventures plus continued ever increasing civilian travel make it a disease to be borne in mind by medical practitioners.
D000852:Anopheles; D008288:Malaria / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014481:United States