Emerging Infectious Diseases (Aug 2007)

Possible Autochthonous Malaria from Marseille to Minneapolis

  • Barbara Doudier,
  • Hervé Bogreau,
  • Aaron DeVries,
  • Nicolas Ponçon,
  • William M Stauffer,
  • Didier Fontenille,
  • Christophe Rogier,
  • Philippe Parola

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1308.070143
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 8
pp. 1236 – 1236

Abstract

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We report 2 cases of Plasmodium falciparum malaria in southern France in a French woman and an American man of Togolese origin who reported no recent travel to malaria-endemic countries. Both infections occurred after a stay near Marseille, which raises the possibility of autochthonous transmission. Entomologic and genotypic investigations are described.

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