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Malaria Has Been Eliminated In Europe (qz.com)
An anonymous reader writes: Quartz reports that "Malaria cases in Europe have dropped from a peak of over 90,000 in 1995 to zero in 2015, according to the World Health Organization," who calls the "extraordinary but fragile" achievement a step towards eliminating malaria everywhere. Nine European countries had reported malaria cases, but agreed to focus their efforts on a full elimination of the mosquito-borne disease. "The WHO attributes success to improved surveillance systems, better mosquito control, and greater collaboration across borders," reports Quartz, noting it now provides a blueprint for other countries fighting the disease -- and a boost in morale.
This victory will be short lived as the open-borders crowd lets in everyone with a pulse.
The plague is also in the soil. It can be treated however. Still, these nasty diseases are lurking all around us.
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Nine European countries had reported malaria cases, but agreed to retract those reports
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The article lists Tajikistan as a European country, which makes it difficult to consider the article seriously.
Nine European countries reported cases in 1995, and zero reported cases in 2015.
EXTERMINATE ALL HUMANS
Nine European countries reported cases in 1995, and zero reported cases in 2015.
yeah but why let the facts get in the way of a good headline?
Just in time for a new virus - Zika
Even when the sky is mostly clear, some people still gaze sadly at the clouds, waiting for the impending rain.
Irony: Agile development has too much intertia to be abandoned now.
that with global warming the malaria mosquito areal will move further to the north.
If you check out the map here:
http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/healthtopics/vectors/vector-maps/Pages/VBORNET_maps.aspx
You'll see that, presumably "thanks" to climate change, disease-carrying mosquito species are well-established in Southern Europe and are steadily moving north.
For the moment, there seems to be is no critical mass to sustain infection, and thus cases of malaria, west Nile virus etc. are pretty rare and normally due to people returning from travel to endemic areas. But still, future looks worrying.
Here you tell us you are a racist and xenophobe, also known as a lack of self-esteem, something that is not helpful for any positive cause.
In the context of the article 'infected' should be read as 'getting infected' in these countries.
But then your displayed ignorance has probably prevented you from knowing Malaria is not human to human transferable, it requires a specific kind of mosquito to spread.
"The likes of Facebook and WhatsApp are free to those whose privacy is of zero value."
i've been carefully watching my own kids and they have seemed to have lost their fear of nature now that there aren't bugs carrying potentially deadly viruses. it's only a matter of time before they run into the forest to live with the animals and... wait a second... i don't have children! who are these frauds?!
Anons need not reply. Questions end with a question mark.
No, there is not a large pool of the malaria parasite in the thames valley. This is a stupid statement. Malaria doesn't lie dormant in the environment, waiting for the right conditions to appear. It can only survive in the host or vector. The only place it can lie 'dormant' is within the human host. Given there have been no cases of malaria transmission in England for a very long time we can safely say that there is no 'large pool of the malaria microbe'. Your statement that winters being too cold to allow mosquito and parasite to mix together clearly indicates you've got no clue what you're talking about. The reason that cold weather prevents malaria is that the adult mosquitos are dead, only the eggs are present (and malaria doesn't live in mosquito eggs). If the adults are dead there are no transmission events because there are no mosquitos around to bite.
"The WHO attributes success to improved surveillance systems, better mosquito control, and greater collaboration across borders,"
And I thought terrorism was a sorry-ass excuse for surveillance...
If we think about others more than ourselves, we should be helping defeat the two great problems of wold hunger and malaria. Every little bit we can help does help for immediate and lasting change. World hunger in itself could be defeated in a generation if enough of us helped. Even something as simple as eating your boring leftovers so you eat out and save money can help out some. The main idea is to forgo the luxuries that you don't need to help more.
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Even a passing interest in genealogy will teach any European how massively deadly malaria and influenza have been for their grandparents and great-grandparents. Malaria has killed half of every human being ever, it used to kill millions out of every generation in Europe even in the XXth century, until large-scale efforts at drying out swamps and massive DDT campaigns successfully curbed mosquito breeding to a point where the parasite couldn't spread and renew its carrier pool anymore.
Maybe we deserve this world ?
More correctly, nine countries in the WHO Europe and former USSR region reported cases in 1995.
If you can't take an article about malaria seriously because of political pedantry then you're not the right person to be commenting on the topic.
Hint: mosquitos don't stop at political boundaries.
In the context of the article 'infected' should be read as 'getting infected' in these countries.
You're right in terms of what is being measured, but the word "infected" doesn't occur in the article. The article speaks of "cases" which is ambiguous. The study says "indigenous malaria cases" though.
0 cases seems remarkable given that two years ago, the ECDC said that only "99% of malaria cases [in Europe] are travel-related".
In 1995 the had 9.
Do Americans still have schools?
i think the spread of malaria was mainly stopped by the ridiculously dry years we've had in europe. there were months long periods without proper rain where i live.. last year, i wasn't bitten once. the year before that, maybe 2-3 times. the climate is simply becoming too dry for the mosquitoes to thrive. global warming FTW!
The PTB rely on HUMAN FLESH in the FOOD SUPPLY to maintain their human appearance!
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Human flesh exists in a lot of foods today. Sometimes it makes the news. These are PTB slip ups, and/or conditioning this reality.
They rely on the consumption of human flesh to retain their human appearance. They all have the same scent. They exist from the bottom to the top of the pyramid. Some are bums, some are middle/upper class, some are those dancing for you on TV, in a web of deceit to keep your mind and body occupied.
If you want to try and let one of them know that you know what they are, you might say to them:
"This hamburger is really quite human"
(inhale deeply) "This planet is filled with creatures which all smell the same"
"I hope you enjoyed your flesh burger"
"How long did your last regeneration period last?"
"What office do you work for?"
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Just wait, human stupidity will fix that for you guys.
Why cant we get a vaccine against stupidity? or at least make it so those people can not reproduce?
Do not look at laser with remaining good eye.
They are talking about indigenous cases and since malaria can't spread human to human it doesn't matter if immigrants bring it into the EU
This is simply untrue. See for example The Netherlands here: http://www.compendiumvoordeleefomgeving.nl/indicatoren/nl0508-Jaarlijkse-hoeveelheid-neerslag-in-Nederland.html?i=9-54 that had a steady increase on average since the 1920s. Malaria used to be common there, called 'swamp fever', but has been eradicated through insecticide programs during the 1950s. Improving environmental control and anti-musquito measures in common househoulds (use of sprays, candles, insect screens) are far bigger factors.
This is what climate change brings you. Completely extinct. I hope you are happy, Europe! #savemalaria #climatechange
Malaria. Soon to come back. Enjoy yourself.
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No, there IS a large reservoir in the Thames Valley. Sorry.
And I never said it was dormant, I said that there was no vector to convert it to humans: mozzies. They need a certain amount of temperature for a minimum period of time for the parasite causing malaria in humans to grow to an infectious host in the mozquito.
The parasite isn't dormant, I never said it was. YOU made that up.
And being +5 doesn't make you right, in case anyone tries that card.
You are factually wrong about how malaria works regardless of your opinion on AGW.
Sensible. Malaria saw all of the Muslims coming in, pooping out in the road in the noon-day sun, viciously molesting schoolgirls in swimming pools, etc., and decided it was time to go. Can't blame it.
Did your wife/sister hook up with a brown guy and now you are bitter?
Citation. Because to everything I understand and can find about malaria it doesn't reproduce in the body of the mosquito, it's transferred when the mosquito bites an infected person, then bites another person as when it injects the anticoagulant. I can't find a source that says it actually replicates in the mosquito.
I'll continue to drink gin and tonics on a regular basis. Can't be too careful, right?
It becomes increasingly evident that you don't know what the word "dormant" means.
[sarcasm] Stupid pharmaceutical companies and their damn vaccins ruining our children! [/sarcasm]
What do you mean it can't spread human to human? If you mean that coughing won't spread it, okay, but with a little help from mosquitoes it certainly does. And I'm moderately sure mosquitoes exist in Europe.
No, there IS a large reservoir in the Thames Valley. Sorry.
And I never said it was dormant, I said that there was no vector to convert it to humans: mozzies. They need a certain amount of temperature for a minimum period of time for the parasite causing malaria in humans to grow to an infectious host in the mozquito.
I'm not sure if you're trolling or not, but I'll reply on the off chance you are just misinformed.
Plasomdium spp., the causal agent of malaria, lives in mosquitos and humans. It does not live anywhere else, not in the water or ground or air. It reproduces in humans and is spread to a mosquito when a person is bitten. The parasite is the re-transmitted back to a human when that mosquito bites again. The parasite does not require a certain temperature to grow to be infectious within the mosquito. The ONLY way the malaria parasite can be transmitted to a mosquito is via a human host. If no humans within a region have malaria, then there is no way for malaria transmission to occur, and thus no malaria.
Following on from this, if there is no malaria in humans, the only disease reservoir will be the mosquito. If there is 0 prevalence of malaria within a region for longer than the lifespan of a mosquito (typically ~50 days) the malaria parasite will be eliminated.
Excellent response. For other readers desired more detailed information, the CDC has an excellent infographic here: http://www.cdc.gov/malaria/abo...
climate is quite damn important to life. If you don't believe it, try living in a climate like the Antarctic centre, or the middle of the Sahel.
While there is no way to live in the "Antarctic centre" without pretty high levels of life support technology their are many millions of people who live in the Sahel. Maybe you meant to write "Sahara"?
Watch this Heartland Institute video
Yup, droughts are hard times.
Merck is showcasing its new Goodbye-Malaria-Forever vaccine as part of an initiative to have the Federal Government support mandatory Malaria vaccine shots for all citizens, "just in case' it appears on earth again. (Think of the children!).
Note: All of our vaccines have been thoroughly tested (on unwitting subjects) and all side effects (most of them serious) have been omitted from the official reports and studies given to various government and regulatory bodies, in addition to bribes - aka gifts - given to important and influential personnel. Any scientists who have discovered serious problems with our miracle products have been completely discredited or assassinated for your safety.
Please DO NOT read the fine print (it is a waste of time and far to small to see with the naked eye anyway).
fineprint
Side effects of Malaria vaccination (like other miracle vaccines) may (read: likely) include:
redness, swelling, soreness, fever, upset stomach, vomiting, loss of appetite, headache, fatigue, rash, nausea, chills, Sudden Infant Death
Syndrome, seizures, autism, Guillaine-Barre Syndrome, brain swelling, shock, anaphylaxis, cardiac arrest, ataxia, drowsiness, insomnia,
narcolepsy, myalgia, arthralgia, urticarial, edema, upper respiratory tract infection, diarrhea, paralysis, infertility, death.
Disclaimer: Merck and other big pharma companies are completely immune to prosecution from any adverse reactions caused by our miracle products. You cannot sue us or hold us accountable in any way whatsoever. In this respect (and many others) we are GOD. Do not question us. Just do as we say. Play ball and get your shot so we don't have to send a Vaccine Enforcement Unit (VEU) to your home and forcefully inject you.
Thank you for your co-operation and understanding.
Big Pharma.
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Because modeling statistical tends across microscopic datasets is silly. It's like going from 0 to 1 and claiming "infinite growth".
And some people feel a rai drop, and then another... And then plot a trendline and run for high ground.
This is a stupidly small data set and is indicative of nothing. (Certainly not a victory lap). You could jump back to 500 cases in a season with ease.
> Migrants who bring us poverty, disease, rape and Zionism
Fixed that for you.
(Not picking on you in particular; it's just that you mention DDT, so this seems like a good place to post.)
For what I can tell, this time round, Malaria was eliminated without a massive DDT campaign (possibly without DDT at all). I can't find a single source on DDT use in this campaign, but here is the summary on how Turkey eliminated malaria recently, and it looks like no DDT was used post 2000 (although it was used heavily earlier).
For those who don't know, DDT use in controversial because it is harmful to birds (and is likely a carcinogen, but then again, what isn't a carcinogen?). However, not using it is also controversial because critics say that environmentalist trying to reduce the use of DDT are causing millions of deaths worldwide by prioritizing wildlife over human lives. FWIW, the World Health Orgainzation still supports using DDT to fight malaria, but it also strongly recommends using newer (and likely less environmentally harmful) pesticides.
The pro-DDT critics of envromentalists often miss one big thing, which gets hammered on in the first liked I posted: a lot of mosquito have gained resistance to DDT (and other pesticides). Just like overuse of antibiotics leads to antibiotic-resistant bacteria, so does the overuse of pesticides lead to pesticide-resistant mosquito. The link makes that pretty clear:
By 1999/2000, resistance to 12 insecticides (DDT, dieldrin, malathion, fenitrothion, pirimiphosmethyl, bendiocarb, deltamethrin, permethrin, lambdacyhalothrin, eofenprox, cyfluthrin and propoxur) was reported for specimens of An. sacharovi, in both laboratory cultures and wild-caught mosquitoes collected in the malarious areas of Adana, Adiyaman, Antalya, Aydn, and Mugla in southern Turkey. In Adana, Adiyaman and Antalya, An. sacharovi was susceptible only to malathion and pirimiphos-methyl.
That's kind of scary. It makes it clear that we need a plan B for killing mosquitoes other than wide-spread use of pesticides, because existing pesticides are already loosing their effectiveness. New pesticides will eventually suffer the same fate too.
Without that it would have been OS/2, and IBM wouldn't give a shit about eradicating malaria. It only cares about the bottom line, and bugs ain't part of that.
I see you as the troll you are.
I am of 100% Middle Eastern descent.
Nowhere did I say anything which can be attributed to xenophobia. It was stating the obvious.
It is not eliminated. Do you understand the word eliminated?
I did not say anything about transmission either.
A lot of infected people are arriving to Europe as a part of the general population in Malaria stricken areas.
They are also carrying other diseases which are less common in Europe, such as TB.
This is not racism or xenophobia. This is fact. Are you going to contend me on the fact that a lot more people in Africa and the Middle East are carrying the parasite or has more cases of TB? Or that the influx of people escaping horrible situations in their home country are more likely to carry diseases not indigenous to Europe?
We treat them with all measures we treat all citizens. It has nothing to do with race, colour or origin. It is not eliminated. Period.
Control of the mosquito is far better. This is true however.
It seems that you don't know what asking what the word means actually means.
Nothing, for a start.
I know it's not the same as what I said. And insinuating that I don't understand a word when there's nothing to indicate it is the case is merely poisoning the well.
Sorry.
I'm not sure how specific you are talking about but it's all females of the Anopheles genus which includes at least 35 different species. Any colored region on this map is a region in which malaria can be spread. http://www.cdc.gov/malaria/ima...
"Lack of speed can be overcome. In the worst case by patience." --Znork
I'll keep drinking my gin and tonic just in case.
The Who attributes success to improved surveillance systems, better mosquito control, and greater collaboration across borders, and wants everyone to know that their next show will be on april 27th in Toronto, Ontario, Canada at the Air Canada Centre.
We received a postcard from Malaria that said something along the lines of "Fine, be that way! We're leaving for good!"
TFS doesn't say that. How is school relevant?
That's not how it's measured. Your ignorance knows no bounds. No new cases. Nobody getting it there means it's eliminated.
Nobody uses your measure, because it'd make it impossible for people to seek international treatment. Something that's common, and quite safe (even with the Ebola scare in the US, that was a few people who broke protocol making the scare larger than the risk).
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Here you tell us you are a racist and xenophobe, also known as a lack of self-esteem, something that is not helpful for any positive cause.
Racist and xenophobic? Diseases have always spread through large human migrations. As TFS flat-out states, there are regions in the world where these diseases still exist, and people bring disease with them where they go. It can happen with Malaria, it certainly happened to Western Hemisphere civilizations when European colonizers arrived. It's just one of the pitfalls of migration.
They need a certain amount of temperature for a minimum period of time for the parasite causing malaria in humans to grow to an infectious host in the mozquito.
This is nonsense.
Cost free eBook I read (by iBook/Kobo/Amazon/ObookO/Gutenberg etc.): "The Green Odyssey" by Philip Jose Farmer.
Mosquitoes should have been eliminated
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