There is only one way to get malaria. Malaria is a disease that is only transmitted to people by mosquitoes of a certain type. Those mosquitoes can carry the germs that cause malaria.
Jeff and the rest of his unit run into a bunch of mosquitoes at one point while...
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There is only one way to get malaria. Malaria is a disease that is only transmitted to people by mosquitoes of a certain type. Those mosquitoes can carry the germs that cause malaria.
Jeff and the rest of his unit run into a bunch of mosquitoes at one point while they are riding along. They ride through a swamp with tall grass and stagnant water -- perfect for mosquitoes. The men ahead of Jeff start yelling about "gallinippers" and Jeff soon finds out what those are.
This is presumably where he got the malaria.