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Re:Egypt declared malaria-free after 100-year effort by folli on Monday October 21, 2024 @11:59AM (#41905512)
That's technically correct, but an infectious person can infect another person over a vector (i.e. mosquitos).

So you get rid of mosquitos OR rid of malaria.

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Re:Egypt declared malaria-free after 100-year effort by umanwizard on Monday October 21, 2024 @03:53PM (#41907857)
That’s true; I didn’t realize it could go human -> mosquito -> human but according to Google you’re right.
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Re:Egypt declared malaria-free after 100-year effort by tshaddox on Monday October 21, 2024 @05:07PM (#41908537)
Isn’t that the only way? I’m pretty sure the human hosts are a vital step in the Plasmodium lifecycle.
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Re:Egypt declared malaria-free after 100-year effort by arp242 on Monday October 21, 2024 @06:30PM (#41909256)
Also not all species of mosquito transmit malaria, or have a much smaller chance of transmitting it. I remember watching a BBC programme where someone was researching whether malaria mosquito had returned to Britain (they hadn't).

So even if you would somehow introduce a few busloads of Malaria-stricken people, that's not likely to re-introduce Malaria.

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