[Receptivity of the Tunisian to malaria after its eradication: analysis of the situation for adequacy of the surveillance].
In Tunisia, there has been no local transmission of malaria since 1979. Although the disease has been eradicated, its re-emergence is not considered impossible. An epidemiological evaluation has been conducted in order to evaluate the current level of receptivity. A. labranchiae and A. sergenti, the former vectors of malaria in the country, are still present and the anopheline population in the country is increasing following the building of dams and manmade lakes. It is hoped that Tunisian vectors are refractory to sub-Saharan strains of malaria parasites. According to the data collected regarding malaria history, climate, geography and socio-economic development, we assume that the receptivity level of the country is low and the risk of re-emergence of local foci is small.
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Département de médecine préventive, Faculté de médecine de Tunis, 9 avenue du Pr. Zouhaier Essafi, Tunis 10006, Tunisie.
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Ben Hamida
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D000330:Aedes / Q000254:growth & development; D000818:Animals; D000852:Anopheles / Q000254:growth & development; D002980:Climate; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D004463:Ecology; D006801:Humans; D007303:Insect Vectors; D008288:Malaria / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission*; D011156:Population Density; D012307:Risk Factors; D014416:Tunisia / Q000453:epidemiology