The Tropical Malaria case was recorded exactly

This was the first case of Broody Malaria in the Rivne region in 2025. The last time the disease was recorded in 2022.

In exactly three years, for the first time in three years, they recorded a case of a brooding tropical malaria. The woman got sick after a trip to India. It was announced by the Rivne Regional Center for Control and Prevention of Diseases on Wednesday, July 23.

“The case of a brooding tropical malaria was revealed. The patient was a woman who recently returned from India. The first symptoms appeared about two weeks after the journey,” the report said.

The woman turned to the family doctor and was hospitalized in the infectious department of Central City Hospital Rivne. The doctors were evaluated: malaria caused by the plasmodium falciparum causative agent.

This was the first case of Broody Malaria in the Rivne region in 2025. The last time the disease was recorded in 2022.

Currently, specialists in the center are taking preventive measures and an entomological examination, setting the boundaries of a possible focus, and determine the circle of the people who are in contact.

Malaria is a disease transmitted by mosquito bites. You can be infected in nearly 100 countries. In particular, in Africa, Asia, South and North America.

Symptoms of malaria appear 7-15 days after the bite of an infected mosquito. The first signs – fever, headache – can be poorly manifest, which is complicated to discover the disease.

According to WHO, in 2023 the number of malaria cases grew 11 million, reaching 263 million.

Remember that the deadly case of tropical malaria is registered across the region

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