CDC Malaria information - maps

[John Schilke]

On Fri, 5 Feb 1999, Jeffrey Kopp wrote:
>
> On the 1957-present survey map, a case is noted as reported in the
> Portland area in 1961!  So that explains my childhood memory of
> mosquito control spraying near where I lived.  I don't recall malaria
> being mentioned, but people "talked around" alarming subjects back
> then.
> So there was indeed malaria here, the chilly weather notwithstanding.
> (My great uncle was an agricultural scientist and acquired malaria in
> South America.  He later gave blood.  On a subsequent donation
> attempt, they asked him first if he had ever had malaria.  Holy cow,
> he thought, some poor guy might have it now from me.)
>
Several years ago I worked at the hospital in American Samoa and on one
occasion donated blood.  The first thing they checked for  (even before
typing it) was malaria!  And I had been there only about a week!
John