Susceptibility of anopheles quadrimaculatus to Korean vivax malaria.

During the summer of 1951, it became increasingly evident that many of the troops returning to this country from Korea were relapsing with malaria. In a personal communication dated September 15, 1951, Dr. Tom Whayne, of the Division of Preventive Medicine, Department of the Army, stated that during the 14-month period ended August 31, 1951, 6,642 cases of malaria had been reported in 100,618 individuals returned from the Far East Command, a reported incidence of 6.6 percent. The case histories indicated that the malaria was acquired in Korea.

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