title: Plasmodium falciparum malaria, southern Algeria, 2007.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Institut Pasteur, Algiers, Algeria. saidboubidi@yahoo.fr
authors.forename: Said C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Boubidi
authors.forename: Ibrahim
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Gassen
authors.forename: Yacine
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Khechache
authors.forename: Karima
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lamali
authors.forename: Boualem
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Tchicha
authors.forename: Cecile
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Brengues
authors.forename: Michela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Menegon
authors.forename: Carlo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Severini
authors.forename: Didier
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Fontenille
authors.forename: Zoubir
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Harrat
mesh_terms: 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*
chemical_list: D002738:Chloroquine