| plasmodium-infected anopheles mosquitoes collected in virginia and maryland following local transmission of plasmodium vivax malaria in loudoun county, virginia. | two recent outbreaks of locally acquired, mosquito-transmitted malaria in virginia in 1998 and 2002 demonstrate the continued risk of endemic mosquito-transmitted malaria in heavily populated areas of the eastern united states. increasing immigration, growth in global travel, and the presence of competent anopheline vectors throughout the eastern united states contribute to the increasing risk of malaria importation and transmission. on august 23 and 25, 2002, plasmodium vivax malaria was diagno ... | 2005 | 16033121 |