Jennifer Mitchell
@drjenmitchell.bsky.social
Head of Microbiology at UCD interested in microbes and cancer
Reposted by Jennifer Mitchell
Here is another map of malaria from 1870
ourworldindata.org/malaria
ourworldindata.org/malaria
August 12, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Here is another map of malaria from 1870
ourworldindata.org/malaria
ourworldindata.org/malaria
Reposted by Jennifer Mitchell
By “return,” what is meant is that malaria was once endemic in the US. The CDC was founded in Georgia—because it was then the nation’s malaria hotspot. Here’s a Library of Congress map showing past distribution:
www.loc.gov/resource/g37...
www.loc.gov/resource/g37...
August 12, 2025 at 4:32 PM
By “return,” what is meant is that malaria was once endemic in the US. The CDC was founded in Georgia—because it was then the nation’s malaria hotspot. Here’s a Library of Congress map showing past distribution:
www.loc.gov/resource/g37...
www.loc.gov/resource/g37...
Wrong Jen Mitchell!
May 14, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Wrong Jen Mitchell!