@article{fdi:010048196, title = {{A}typical aetiology of a conjugal fever : autochthonous airport malaria between {P}aris and {F}rench {R}iviera : a case report}, author = {{P}omares {E}stran, {C}. and {D}elaunay, {P}. and {M}ottard, {A}. and {C}ua, {E}. and {R}oger, {P}. {M}. and {P}radines, {B}. and {P}arzy, {D}. and {B}ogreau, {H}. and {R}ogier, {C}. and {J}eannin, {C}. and {K}arch, {S}. and {F}ontenille, {D}idier and {D}ejour-{S}alamanca, {D}. and {L}egros, {F}abrice and {M}arty, {P}.}, abstract = {{E}ndemic malaria has been eradicated from {F}rance, but some falciparum malaria cases have been described in patients who have never travelled outside the country. {M}s. {V}. 21 year-old and {M}r. {M}. 23 year-old living together in {P}aris were on holiday in {S}aint {R}aphae ({F}rench {R}iviera). {T}hey presented with fever, vertigo and nausea. {A} blood smear made to control thrombocytopaenia revealed intra-erythrocytic forms of {P}lasmodium falciparum. {T}he parasitaemia level was 0.15% for {M}s. {V} and 3.2% for {M}r. {M}. {T}his couple had no history of blood transfusion or intravenous drug use. {T}hey had never travelled outside metropolitan {F}rance, but had recently travelled around {F}rance: to {S}aint {M}ard (close to {P}aris {C}harles de {G}aulle ({C}d{G}) airport), to {B}arneville plage (in {N}ormandy) and finally to {S}aint {R}aphael. {T}he most probable hypothesis is an infection transmitted in {S}aint {M}ard by an imported anopheline mosquito at {C}d{G} airport. {T}he {DNA} analysis of parasites from {M}s. {V}.'s and {M}r. {M}.'s blood revealed identical genotypes. {B}ecause it is unlikely that two different anopheline mosquitoes would be infected by exactly the same clones, the two infections must have been caused by the infective bites of the same infected mosquito.}, keywords = {}, journal = {{M}alaria {J}ournal}, volume = {8}, pages = {p. 202}, ISSN = {1475-2875}, year = {2009}, DOI = {10.1186/1475-2875-8-202}, URL = {http://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010048196}, }