| [apropos of 2 cases of severe malaria contracted in the port of marseille]. | acute plasmodium falciparum malaria occurred during summer 1993 in two inhabitants living close to marseille harbour. history of blood transfusion and travel outside france were excluded as was also discarded airport malaria. entomological investigations confirmed the absence of anopheles breeding sites in the port area. an hypothesis is a vectorial transmission following introduction of one or several anopheles arrived on a ship coming from tropical africa. during this season, the weather condi ... | 1995 | 8640079 |
| [imported pediatric malaria in marseille]. | imported malaria is frequently observed in pediatric practices within geographical areas which have a migrant population. | 1999 | 10519026 |
| antimalarial drug susceptibility and point mutations associated with drug resistance in 248 plasmodium falciparum isolates imported from comoros to marseille, france in 2004 2006. | a total of 248 plasmodium falciparum isolates were sampled in travelers with malaria who came to marseille, france from comoros to investigate in vitro activities of antimalarial drugs and molecular markers of drug resistance. of the 248 isolates, 126 were maintained in culture. of these, 53% were resistant to chloroquine, and 3% had reduced susceptibility to quinine, mefloquine, and atovaquone; 1% had reduced susceptibility to halofantrine and dihydroartemisinin; 7% had reduced susceptibility t ... | 2007 | 17827355 |
| possible autochthonous malaria from marseille to minneapolis. | 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. | 2007 | 17953101 |