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[–] rollin@piefed.social 28 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

A Frankfurt Airport worker has died of malaria after a rare outbreak led to six employees contracting the serious infection spread by mosquitoes. The Robert Koch Institute - a German federal government agency and research institute for disease control and public health - said malaria in Germany almost exclusively affects long-haul travellers who were infected in malaria-endemic areas, and that malaria transmitted within a German airport is rare. "The lack of a travel history can lead to a delayed diagnosis. A delayed diagnosis increases the risk of a severe course of the diseases," the institute said. The last case of airport malaria was in 2023 also at Frankfurt Airport, it added.

6 workers getting infected from one plane seems pretty remarkable. Does that mean multiple mosquitos were on it, or just one that bit them all? I suppose they or it could have travelled in the hold, assuming that remains pressurised for the flight.

[–] raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world 10 points 19 hours ago

Pretty sure most mosquitoes bite once, then lay eggs. Must have been multiple.