A woman in her 50s from northern Israel was hospitalized at Rambam Health Care Campus in Haifa suffering from symptoms of malaria, according to the hospital's report.
A woman in her 50s from northern Israel was hospitalized at Rambam Health Care Campus in Haifa after presenting with symptoms of malaria, according to the hospital's report. The case is unusual given Israel's climate and public health profile. No further details on the patient's condition or how she may have contracted the disease have been released. Malaria is not endemic to Israel, and such cases typically involve travel to or from affected regions. The hospital has not yet confirmed the diagnosis through laboratory results. As The Zioneer reported on June 14, an unrelated case involved an 80-year-old woman hospitalized at the same facility for burns.
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