Institut Pasteur, Algiers, Algeria.
Emerg Infect Dis. 2010 Feb;16(2):301-3. doi: 10.3201/eid1602.090914.
An outbreak of Plasmodium falciparum malaria occurred in Tinzaouatine in southern Algeria in 2007. The likely vector, Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes, had not been detected in Algeria. Genes for resistance to chloroquine were detected in the parasite. The outbreak shows the potential for an increase in malaria vectors in Algeria.
2007 年,阿尔及利亚南部廷扎乌阿廷发生恶性疟原虫疟疾疫情。可能的传播媒介冈比亚按蚊此前在阿尔及利亚并未检测到。在寄生虫中检测到了对氯喹的耐药基因。此次疫情表明,阿尔及利亚的疟疾传播媒介可能会增加。