title: [History of malaria control in the French armed forces: from Algeria to the Macedonian front during the first World War].
abstract: The French joint military health corps has long experience in malaria control. Many military physicians played an essential role in the 19th century: Maillot revolutionized malaria treatment by using quinine during the conquest of Algeria, and Laveran discovered the causal parasite (the genus Plasmodium) there. This experience continued under the direction of Laveran and the Sergent brothers on the eastern front in Greek Macedonia during World War I. The vast coordinated control plan established on this front from 1917 delivered the French infantrymen from malaria and led to victory over the Bulgarian forces, which capitulated in September 1918.
authors.affiliation: École du Val-de-Grâce, 1 place Alphonse Laveran, 75230, Paris cedex 05, France.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Migliani
authors.affiliation: École du Val-de-Grâce, 1 place Alphonse Laveran, 75230, Paris cedex 05, France, Centre d'épidémiologie et de santé publique des armées, Camp militaire de Sainte-Marthe, BP 40026, 13568 Marseille cedex 02, France.
authors.forename: J-B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Meynard
authors.affiliation: Gispe, 82 Boulevard Tellène, 13007 Marseille, France.
authors.forename: J-M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Milleliri
authors.affiliation: Institut de recherche biomédicale des armées, BP 70, 91223, Brétigny-sur-Orge, France.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Verret
authors.affiliation: École du Val-de-Grâce, 1 place Alphonse Laveran, 75230, Paris cedex 05, France, Hôpital d'instruction des armées Bégin, 69 avenue de Paris, 94163, Saint-Mandé cedex, France.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rapp
mesh_terms: D000462:Algeria; D000962:Antimalarials / Q000266:history / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005602:France; D006115:Greece; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D008288:Malaria / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000266:history* / Q000517:prevention & control; D008889:Military Personnel / Q000266:history; D011803:Quinine / Q000266:history / Q000627:therapeutic use; D047828:World War I
chemical_list: D000962:Antimalarials; D011803:Quinine
keywords: Algeria; Laveran; Macedonia; Maillot; Salonika army; Sergent; malaria