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. 2010 Feb;16(2):301-3.
doi: 10.3201/eid1602.090914.

Plasmodium falciparum malaria, southern Algeria, 2007

Said C Boubidi  1 , Ibrahim Gassen, Yacine Khechache, Karima Lamali, Boualem Tchicha, Cecile Brengues, Michela Menegon, Carlo Severini, Didier Fontenille, Zoubir Harrat
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Plasmodium falciparum malaria, southern Algeria, 2007

Said C Boubidi et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2010 Feb.

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.

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Climatic data for Tinzaouatine, Algeria, August–December 2007 (Algerian Ministry of Meteorology).
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