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. 2021;27(6):1697-1700.
doi: 10.3201/eid2706.204557.

Role of Anopheles stephensi Mosquitoes in Malaria Outbreak, Djibouti, 2019

Vincent Pommier de Santi, Bouh Abdi Khaireh, Thomas Chiniard, Bruno Pradines, Nicolas Taudon, Sébastien Larréché, Abdoulraouf Bourhan Mohamed, Franck de Laval, Franck Berger, Florian Gala, Madjid Mokrane, Nicolas Benoit, Lionel Malan, Abdoulilah Ahmed Abdi, Sébastien Briolant

Role of Anopheles stephensi Mosquitoes in Malaria Outbreak, Djibouti, 2019

Vincent Pommier de Santi et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2021.

Abstract

Anopheles stephensi mosquitoes share urban breeding sites with Aedes aegypti and Culex quinquefasciatus mosquitoes in the Republic of Djibouti. We present evidence that A. stephensi mosquitoes might be responsible for an increase in malaria incidence in this country. We also document resistance of Plasmodium falciparum to dihydroartemisinin/piperaquine.

Keywords: Anopheles stephensi; Djibouti; Plasmodium falciparum; Plasmodium vivax; antimalarial drug; antimicrobial resistance; malaria; mosquito-borne infections; mosquitoes; outbreak; parasites; parasitic infections; resistance; urban malaria; vector-borne infections.

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Figure 1
Distribution of 120 malaria cases caused by Plasmodium species among French Armed Force members, Djibouti, Republic of Djibouti, 1993–2019. *Data for 2019 include 2 P. falciparum infections among service members’ families, 1 P. vivax relapse, and 3 P. vivax infections in France imported from Djibouti.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Anopheles stephensi breeding sites, Djibouti, Republic of Djibouti, 2019. A) Manhole. B) Ditch. C) Plastic drum. D) Water tank.
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