法兰克福机场一员工感染疟疾死亡

法兰克福机场运营商Fraport于周三（8月26日）确认，该机场一名员工因感染疟疾死亡 1。此次疫情属于罕见的“机场疟疾”暴发，共有6名未前往疟疾风险国家的机场员工感染 1。德国罗伯特·科赫研究所（RKI）认为，感染由飞机输入的受感染按蚊传播 1。

前4例感染于7月中旬公布，患者于7月4日至6日之间发病 1。法兰克福机场已安装捕蚊器，捕获的蚊子在安特卫普热带医学研究所进行基因分析，以确定其种类和来源 1。此外，法兰克福机场上一次记录的机场疟疾病例发生在2023年 1。

A worker at Frankfurt Airport has died following a malaria infection, a fatality confirmed by the airport operator Fraport on Wednesday, August 26 1. This death is linked to a rare outbreak of "airport malaria" that has infected six airport employees in total, none of whom had traveled to malaria-risk countries 1. The initial four infections were publicly announced in mid-July, with the patients developing symptoms between July 4 and July 6 1.

The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) in Germany believes the infection was transmitted by infected Anopheles mosquitoes imported via aircraft 1. Mosquito traps have been installed at the airport, and the captured mosquitoes are undergoing genetic analysis at the Institute of Tropical Medicine in Antwerp to determine their species and origin 1. The last recorded case of airport malaria at Frankfurt Airport occurred in 2023 1.