Springfield: Two African men who died in hotel had falciparum malaria

Testing by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows that the two African men who died in a Springfield, MO hotel in May died of cerebral malaria, caused by the mosquito-borne parasite, Plasmodium falciparum. Malaria is transmitted by mosquitoes and not communicable person-to-person. According to a statement by the Springfield Police Department, Gerrit Strydom, ["]