The WHO estimates malaria kills one child under age 5 every minute.
The patient from Saline County in the central part of the state had not traveled.
At least 28 countries in Africa plan on adding the malaria vaccine into their routine immunization programs.
This summer brought reports of 8 new cases of the mosquito-borne disease in Texas and Florida.
The alert includes new information about locally acquired malaria infections.
The prevalence of malaria parasites with validated or candidate resistance markers reached more than 20% in 11 of 16 districts.
The combination of the RTS,S/AS01E vaccine and preventive drugs was superior to the drugs or vaccine alone in preventing the mosquito-borne disease.
The patient, who lives near Washington, DC, was hospitalized and is recovering.
County officials have issued a mosquito-borne illness alert following the detection of 2 local dengue cases.
The Florida Department of Health confirms 1 more local malaria case and 1 more local dengue infection.