Rare malaria death of girl in northern Italy puzzles doctors
A four-year-old Italian girl has died of cerebral malaria in northern Italy, a region free of the disease, in what doctors see as a very mysterious case.
Sofia Zago died in Brescia on Sunday night, after being rushed to hospital with a high fever on Saturday.
Italy is free of the Anopheles mosquito that carries cerebral malaria, the deadliest form of the blood disease. But after a scorching August, some fear that it might have reached Italy.
Source: bbc.com
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