By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr.
Published: March 4, 2010
Seven emergency responders, three Haitian residents now in the United States and one American traveler are known to have caught malaria in Haiti after the Jan. 12 earthquake, United States health officials said Thursday. Malaria is endemic throughout Haiti, so Haitians now living outdoors and relief workers are “at substantial risk for the disease,” the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.
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