Skip directly to search Skip directly to A to Z list Skip directly to site content
CDC Home

Volume 16, Number 2—February 2010

Dispatch

Plasmodium falciparum Malaria, Southern Algeria, 2007

Saïd C. BoubidiComments to Author , Ibrahim Gassen, Yacine Khechache, Karima Lamali, Boualem Tchicha, Cécile Brengues, Michela Menegon, Carlo Severini, Didier Fontenille, and Zoubir Harrat
Author affiliations: Institut Pasteur, Algiers, Algeria (S.C. Boubidi, Z. Harrat); Prevention Centre, Tamanrasset, Algeria (I. Gassen); Institut National de Santé Publique, Algiers (Y. Khechache, B. Tchicha); Ministère de la Santé, Algiers (K. Lamali); Institut de Recherche et de Développement, Montpellier, France (C. Brengues, D. Fontenille); Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy (M. Menegon, C. Severini)

Main Article

Table

Cases of autochthonous malaria, Tinzaouatine, Algeria, 1999 and 2003–2005*

Species No. case-patients
1999 2003 2004 2005
P. falciparum 4 11 1 0
P. vivax 0 1 3 1
P. malariae 0 0 0 0
P. ovale 0 0 0 0

*All case-patients were positive for Plasmodium spp. by microscopy and treated with chloroquine.

Main Article

Top of Page

USA.gov: The U.S. Government's Official Web PortalDepartment of Health and Human Services
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention   1600 Clifton Rd. Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
800-CDC-INFO (800-232-4636) TTY: (888) 232-6348 - Contact CDC–INFO