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Frankfurt reports third malaria death in airport-linked outbreak

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On September 17, Frankfurt reported a third death linked to an unusual outbreak of malaria near the city's airport. The deceased was one of two residents from Schwanheim who contracted Plasmodium falciparum malaria without traveling abroad or working at the airport. Earlier in August, two airport employees had died and four others recovered from the disease despite not being exposed to typical high-risk areas for malaria transmission. Mosquitoes collected at the airport have been sent to a Belgian lab for testing, but results are pending.

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A third person has died from malaria near Frankfurt Airport, marking an extremely rare air-traffic-related outbreak of the tropical disease in Germany. This individual was one of two residents of Schwanheim district, located north of the airport, who contracted the malaria-causing parasite Plasmodium falciparum without traveling to a malaria-endemic region or working at the airport. In August, two Frankfurt Airport workers died from the same disease, and six others had previously been infected in July. The outbreak is believed to be due to an imported Anopheles mosquito that traveled by aircraft into Germany, biting local residents after disembarking. To control the spread, mosquito traps have been set up around the airport since July, but results from laboratory tests sent to Antwerp in Belgium are still pending.

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Frankfurt airport said mosquitoes caught in traps had been sent to a laboratory in Antwerp in Belgium in July and August, but results were not available yet. An airport spokesperson said local public health authorities had the power in principle to order airlines to disinfect aircraft.

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Frankfurt reports third malaria death in airport-linked outbreak · assertive framing

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Frankfurt reports third malaria death in airport-linked outbreak FRANKFURT, Sept 17 - A third person has died from malaria around Frankfurt Airport in what German officials have described as an extremely rare air-traffic-related outbreak of the tropical disease. asserted

officials → report → disease

In a statement on Thursday, the city of Frankfurt said one of two infected residents of the Schwanheim district north of the airport had died in the care of the city's university hospital. asserted

one → say → hospital

"Both individuals had become infected with the malaria-causing parasite Plasmodium falciparum, even though they had not travelled to a malaria-endemic region and had not worked at the airport," the statement said. asserted

statement → become → airport

On August 27, city officials said that two people working at the airport had died of malaria, and that four more had recovered from infections. asserted

four → say → infections

The malaria parasite is spread between humans by some types of mosquito, but people cannot infect each other directly. asserted

people → spread → other

authorities → say → aircraft

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