Template:Did you know nominations/Airport malaria

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The result was: promoted by valereee (talk) 22:41, 4 June 2019 (UTC)

Airport malaria[edit]

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Anopheles gambiae

... that in 1983, an infected mosquito travelled by aircraft and transmitted malaria to a person who lived 15 km away from Gatwick Airport? [1] infected mosquitoes can be transported by vehicle or wind for considerable distances from such airports. This undoubtedly happened in two cases of severe P.falciparum malaria at locations 10km and 15 km from Gatwick Airport in 1983

Reviewed: Strong and stable

Created by Whispyhistory (talk). Self-nominated at 18:13, 17 April 2019 (UTC).

How about

ALT1 ... that an unpleasant Egyptian stowaway can travel thousands of miles then give you malaria?

For April 1, of course. This would require that the "thousands of miles" and "unpleasant Egyptian" (= Aedes aegypti) be worked into the article. (Or if the thousands of miles can't be sourced, just say stowaway can give you malaria.) E Eng 00:28, 18 April 2019 (UTC)

Thank you; Aedes aegypti transmit Zika/Yellow fever/Dengue but not malaria. We can only speculate which flights the mosquitos were on, but can give distance from airport. I have added stowaway and the story of a cyclist. Whispyhistory (talk) 18:44, 18 April 2019 (UTC)

ALT2 ... that in one study, 18% of aircraft arriving in Britain from tropical countries contained live mosquitoes?

ALT3 ... that mosquitoes carrying malaria may travel between countries with aircraft cabin crew?

ALT4 ... that an international aircraft passenger bit a publican after arriving in Britain and gave him malaria? Philafrenzy (talk) 10:00, 18 April 2019 (UTC)

ALT5 ... that in 1983, a stowaway mosquito transmitted malaria to a publican and a passing motorcyclist 10 km away from Gatwick Airport?

For a start, the image description states that it is a Culex species, and it looks nothing like the Anopheles gambiae image on the insect's article page, so I don't like the use of the image in hook and article with its present caption. In other ways this article is new enough and long enough. The hook facts are cited inline and I favour ALT0, ALT2 and ALT5, but not those mentioning cabin crew. The article is neutral and I detected no policy issues. A QPQ has been done. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:10, 2 May 2019 (UTC)

Thanks @Cwmhiraeth:. Is image okay now? Or should we leave it out? Can someone correct the image on commons? Whispyhistory (talk) 10:32, 2 May 2019 (UTC)

The image now seems fine. Approving ALT0, ALT2 and ALT5. Sorry for the long delay - I had computer problems and lost control of my watchlist! Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:15, 4 June 2019 (UTC)