Possible autochthonous malaria from Marseille to Minneapolis.
We report 2 cases of Plasmodium falciparum malaria in southern France in a French woman and an American man of Togolese origin who reported no recent travel to malaria-endemic countries. Both infections occurred after a stay near Marseille, which raises the possibility of autochthonous transmission. Entomologic and genotypic investigations are described.
Doudier
Barbara
B
Hôpital Nord, Marseille, France.
Bogreau
Hervé
H
DeVries
Aaron
A
Ponçon
Nicolas
N
Stauffer
William M
WM
Fontenille
Didier
D
Rogier
Christophe
C
Parola
Philippe
P
D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D000852:Anopheles / Q000469:parasitology; D005260:Female; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000469:parasitology; D016778:Malaria, Falciparum / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology*; D008297:Male; D008910:Minnesota / Q000453:epidemiology; D010963:Plasmodium falciparum / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014195:Travel