Frankfurt Airport Employee Dies After Catching Malaria, Operator Says
Authorities say six airport employees were infected after an imported mosquito spread malaria, and the operator is setting traps and advising workers to seek care.
- On Wednesday, airport operator Fraport confirmed that an employee died of malaria, with five colleagues currently receiving medical treatment for the infection.
- Authorities believe an infected Anopheles mosquito arrived by plane from a malaria-endemic region, likely in July, and transmitted the parasite at the airport.
- In total, six employees contracted "airport malaria," which the Robert Koch Institute describes as "very rare," and "human-to-human transmission plays no role in airport malaria."
- Fraport deployed mosquito traps at Frankfurt Airport for laboratory examination while advising employees to seek medical care if they develop malaria-like symptoms.
- A study covering 1969 to 2024 recorded only 145 airport-associated malaria cases across Europe, with nine in Germany, confirming the extreme rarity of such transmission.
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Two employees at Frankfurt Airport in Germany have died of malaria – and four more employees are being treated in hospital. They were reportedly infected by a mosquito that came on board an aircraft.
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