| [inventory of the culcinae in balagne (corsica)]. | we have drawn up the faunistic inventory of culicinae in balagne (corsica) in late summer. the list shows the following species (in order of frequency): culex hortensis, culex pipiens, culex impudicus, culex territans (?), culiseta longiareolata, culiseta annulata, culiseta subochrea, aedes mariae, aedes caspius, aedes vexans, anopheles claviger, anopheles maculipennis. we have observed the important recession of the maculipennis complex (only one female catched indoor) and the abundance of anop ... | 1978 | 754888 |
| 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 |
| a case of autochthonous plasmodium vivax malaria, corsica, august 2006. | | 2006 | 17213553 |
| [human dirofilariasis: 3 cases in the south of france]. | dirofilariasis is a zoonosis usually found in dogs and cats. it is rare in humans, who are dead-end hosts for the parasite. | 2007 | 17398064 |
| a case of autochthonous plasmodium vivax malaria, corsica, august 2006. | a case of plasmodium vivax malaria was diagnosed in corsica in summer 2006. this is the first case of autochthonous transmission of malaria to be reported in corsica since 1972. corsica is a well-known malaria endemic region characterised, for several years now by an anophelism situation without malaria disease, due to the presence of an. labranchiae and an. saccharovi able to transmit p. vivax. the occurring sequence of malaria signs in an imported case on 9 july and in an autochthonous case on ... | 2008 | 18342272 |
| malaria risk in corsica, former hot spot of malaria in france. | background: the prevalence of plasmodium falciparum and plasmodium vivax malaria was very high in corsica just before the second world war. the last outbreak was in 1972 and the most recent indigenous case was in 2006. results: analysis of historical data shows that anopheline vectors were abundant. recent surveys demonstrated that potential vectors are still present in corsica, despite the likely disappearance of anopheles sacharovi. moreover, p. falciparum can develop experimentally into these ... | 2010 | 20704707 |