@article{fdi:010048296,
  title = {{E}ntomological investigations in the region of the last malaria focus in {M}orocco},
  author = {{F}araj, {C}. and {A}dlaoui, {E}. and {O}uahabi, {S}. and {R}hajaoui, {M}. and {F}ontenille, {D}idier and {L}yagoubi, {M}.},
  abstract = {{T}o evaluate the risk of malaria transmission resumption in {M}orocco, we have studied the current level of receptivity of the region of the last malaria focus in the country. {A}nopheles ({A}nopheles) maculipennis labranchiae and {A}nopheles ({C}ellia) sergentii, the major vectors of malaria in {M}orocco, are still presents but their anthropothic index was low and no parasite positive samples were detected. {A}n. labranchiae was very rare: only 34 females were caught over all the study period. {T}he human biting rate was nil and none of its blood meal was human. {A}n. sergenti was more abundant but its low human aggressiveness and its zoophilic behaviour would not attribute to this species an important vectorial capacity. {T}hus, the receptivity of {C}hefchaouen province, the region of the last malaria focus in {M}orocco, under the current vector control measures undertaken by {P}ublic {H}ealth services, is low and despite the likely presence of {P}lasmodium vivax gametocyte carriers, the malariogenic potential appears to be low and the risk of malaria resumption is, at this time, unimportant.},
  keywords = {{M}alaria ; {R}esumption risk ; {A}nopheles labranchiae ; {A}nopheles sergenti ; {C}hefchaouen ; {M}orocco},
  journal = {{A}cta {T}ropica},
  volume = {109},
  numero = {1},
  pages = {70--73},
  ISSN = {0001-706{X}},
  year = {2009},
  DOI = {10.1016/j.actatropica.2008.09.021},
  URL = {http://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010048296},
}