TY - JOUR AU - Boubidi, Saïd C. AU - Gassen, Ibrahim AU - Khechache, Yacine AU - Lamali, Karima AU - Tchicha, Boualem AU - Brengues, Cécile AU - Menegon, Michela AU - Severini, Carlo AU - Fontenille, Didier AU - Harrat, Zoubir T1 - Plasmodium falciparum Malaria, Southern Algeria, 2007 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2010 VL - 16 IS - 2 SP - 301 SN - 1080-6059 AB - 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. KW - Anopheles gambiae KW - malaria KW - Algeria KW - Plasmodium falciparum KW - transportation KW - antimalarial drug resistance KW - parasites KW - climate KW - dispatch DO - 10.3201/eid1602.090914 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/16/2/09-0914_article ER - End of Reference