[Airport malaria].
Airport malaria is a particular form of autochthonous malaria: it happens when the Plasmodium infected Anopheles genus mosquito travels from an endemic area to a malaria free airport. Since 1969, 30 cases of airport malaria have been reported in France, 2 during summer 2008. The severity of airport malaria is explained by the frequency of Plasmodium falciparum infecting non immune individuals and an often important diagnosis delay. It is a compulsory notification disease in France. The International Health Regulations (IHR) require states to check that airplanes coming from malaria or arboviral endemic area are systematically disinsected. Vector control measures have to be implemented within a distance of at least 400 meters around the perimeter of airports in malaria or arboviral endemic areas. In France, this measure applies to all airports of French overseas territories, except for the island of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon.
Queyriaux
Benjamin
B
Département d'Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique, Institut de Médecine Tropicale du Service de Santé des Armées, Marseille, France. bqyx@free.fr
Pradines
Bruno
B
Hasseine
Lilia
L
Coste
Sébastien
S
Rodriguez
Patrick
P
Coffinet
Thierry
T
Haus-Cheymol
Rachel
R
Rogier
Christophe
C
D000818:Animals; D000852:Anopheles / Q000469:parasitology; D001359:Aviation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008288:Malaria / Q000382:microbiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008297:Male; D010963:Plasmodium falciparum / Q000302:isolation & purification