| [a malarial attack on return from a voyage to the french antilles. discussion of the mode of transmission]. | malaria has been considered to be eradicated from the french west indies for over 25 years. in this report we describe a patient who was hospitalized and successfully treated in paris for severe plasmodium falciparum malaria after returning form a brief trip to guadeloupe. several modes of transmission are possible. given the presence of a reservoir of plasmodium falciparum gametocytes in the haitian immigrant community and persistent breeding of anopheles albimanus in the french west indies, th ... | 1999 | 10472584 |
| the rockefeller foundation and the prevention of malaria in corsica, 1923-1951: support given to the french parasitologist emile brumpt. | the role of the international health board of the rockefeller foundation in campaigns for malaria control in many countries has clearly been documented extensively. in contrast, the involvement of the rockefeller foundation in the control of malaria in france has not been reported yet. the present paper describes the way in which the rockefeller foundation got involved, along with the parasitologist emile brumpt, in the anti-malaria campaigns in corsica, france, between 1924 and 1951. we analyze ... | 2004 | 15828432 |
| the sergent brothers and the antimalarial campaigns in algeria (1902-1948). | edmond and etienne sergent, "the sergent brothers", were both born in algeria. they both studied medicine at the algiers medical school and then followed the course of microbiology of emile roux at the institut pasteur in paris (1899-1900). from 1900, they were put in charge of a permanent mission aimed at antimalarial control in algeria, which was supervised by the institut pasteur. the first campaign was carried out during the summer of 1902 at a station of the east algerian railway company. t ... | 2008 | 20055231 |