德国法兰克福机场附近疟疾疫情：8人感染3人死亡

自7月以来，德国法兰克福机场附近出现疟疾感染病例，共8人患病，其中3人死亡1。患者多为机场运营商Fraport的员工1。这是典型的"机场疟疾"现象——携带疟疾寄生虫的按蚊通过飞机运输抵达疾病非流行地区，进而叮咬当地人员所致1。

患者感染的是疟疾热带型，由恶性疟原虫引起，这是疟疾类型中最为危险的一种1。若诊断延误，病情可能迅速恶化1。未经治疗的疟疾热带型致死率约为20%1。患者可能在感染后7至15天内出现症状，但症状出现时间有时会超过两周1。初期表现类似流感，包括突发高热、寒冷、头痛、肌肉酸痛、恶心、呕吐和腹泻1。德国上一起有记录的机场疟疾病例发生在2023年1。

Eight people have contracted malaria near Frankfurt Airport in Germany since July, with three fatalities reported among the cases1. The majority of those infected are employees of Fraport, the airport's operating company1. This outbreak represents an instance of "airport malaria," a phenomenon in which mosquitoes carrying malaria parasites are transported via aircraft to regions where the disease is not endemic, subsequently transmitting the infection to humans1.

All patients contracted malaria tropica, the most dangerous form of the disease, caused by the parasite Plasmodium falciparum1. Without treatment, this strain carries a fatality rate of approximately 20 percent1. The incubation period ranges from seven to fifteen days, though symptoms may take longer than two weeks to appear1. Initial manifestations resemble flu symptoms, including sudden high fever, chills, headache, muscle pain, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea1. Germany's most recent documented case of airport malaria prior to this outbreak occurred in 20231.