For the Roman university epidemiologist "it is certainly a very rare case" but "zero risk does not exist in any case"
Rome, September 5th 2017 – "To really understand what is happening in our area and to verify the possible origin of the infection of the child who died of malaria in Brescia, it would be necessary to quickly start what in jargon is called 'surveillance-sentinel' in the places frequented by the child: from her city to the places of summer holidays, up to the hospitals he has attended in recent days”: this is what the professor affirms Massimo Ciccozzi, epidemiologist at theUniversità Campus Bio-Medico di Roma.
"The death of the child originally from Trento is certainly a very rare case and, at the moment, the mode of transmission of the disease remains unknown" adds the expert, according to which "this disease is transmitted by the Anopheles mosquito, which in Italy, according to some studies, it would be present, but with specimens not very suitable for the transmission of Plasmodium Falciparum, the microorganism responsible for malaria".
“In addition to the sting – he continues Ciccozzi – malaria can be transmitted by blood from an infected person: all cases that are very difficult to identify in Italy, but which prompt me to remember that zero risk does not exist in any case and that, therefore, monitoring must remain constant to avoid unpleasant surprises".
