Horror as airport worker dies of malaria as ‘mosquito arrives on plane’
An airport worker has died after catching malaria from a mosquito believed to have been trapped on a plane. It has been confirmed that five other staff were taken to hospital following the rare outbreak.
TL;DR
- An airport worker died after contracting malaria from a mosquito suspected to have been on a plane.
- Five other airport employees were hospitalized with the same rare form of malaria.
- The likely cause was an imported Anopheles mosquito, according to the Robert Koch Institute.
- "Airport malaria" occurs when an infected mosquito travels on an aircraft and bites someone near an airport.
- Symptoms include fever, headache, and chills, and the disease can become severe if untreated.
- Mosquito traps have been installed at the airport for genetic analysis to determine species and origin.