Airport malaria
OCCURS WHEN A MALARIA INFECTED FEMALE ANOPHELES MOSQUITO TRAVELS BY AIRCRAFT FROM A COUNTRY WHERE MALARIA IS COMMON
Suitcase malaria; Luggage malaria; Baggage malaria
Airport malaria, sometimes known as baggage, luggage or suitcase malaria, occurs when a malaria infected female Anopheles mosquito travels by aircraft from a country where malaria is common, arrives in a country where malaria is usually not found, and bites a person at or around the vicinity of the airport, or if the climate is suitable, travels in luggage and bites a person further away. The infected person usually presents with a fever in the absence of a recent travel history.