Plasmodium falciparum Malaria, Southern Algeria, 2007

Saïd C. Boubidi (1) , Ibrahim Gassen (2) , Yacine Khechache (3) , Karima Lamali (4) , Boualem Tchicha (3) , Cécile Brengues (5) , Michela Menegon (6) , Carlo Severini (6) , Didier Fontenille (5) , Zoubir Harrat (1)

1 Institut Pasteur d'Algérie
2 Prevention Centre [Tamanrasset]
3 INSP - Institut National de Santé Publique [Alger]
4 Ministère de la Santé [Alger]
5 IRD - Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
6 ISS - Istituto Superiore di Sanità = National Institute of Health

An outbreak of Plasmodium falciparum malaria occurred in Tinzaouatine in southern Algeria in 2007. The likely vector, Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes, had not been detected in Algeria. Genes for resistance to chloroquine were detected in the parasite. The outbreak shows the potential for an increase in malaria vectors in Algeria.

Domaines: Maladies infectieuses; Maladies émergentes

Saïd C. Boubidi, Ibrahim Gassen, Yacine Khechache, Karima Lamali, Boualem Tchicha, et al.. Plasmodium falciparum Malaria, Southern Algeria, 2007. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2010, 16 (2), pp.301 - 303. ⟨10.3201/eid1602.090914⟩. ⟨hal-03060062⟩