Plasmodium falciparum malaria, southern Algeria, 2007.
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.
Boubidi
Said C
SC
Institut Pasteur, Algiers, Algeria. saidboubidi@yahoo.fr
Gassen
Ibrahim
I
Khechache
Yacine
Y
Lamali
Karima
K
Tchicha
Boualem
B
Brengues
Cecile
C
Menegon
Michela
M
Severini
Carlo
C
Fontenille
Didier
D
Harrat
Zoubir
Z
D000462:Algeria / Q000453:epidemiology; D000818:Animals; D000852:Anopheles / Q000187:drug effects*; D002738:Chloroquine; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D004199:Disease Vectors; D006801:Humans; D007305:Insecticide Resistance / Q000235:genetics; D016778:Malaria, Falciparum / Q000453:epidemiology*
D002738:Chloroquine