Atypical aetiology of a conjugal fever : autochthonous airport malaria between Paris and French Riviera : a case report

2009

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Pomares Estran C., Delaunay P., Mottard A., Cua E., Roger P. M., Pradines B., Parzy D., Bogreau H., Rogier C., Jeannin C., Karch S., Fontenille Didier, Dejour-Salamanca D., Legros Fabrice, Marty P.

Malaria Journal, 2009, 8, p. 202 ISSN 1475-2875

Endemic malaria has been eradicated from France, but some falciparum malaria cases have been described in patients who have never travelled outside the country. Ms. V. 21 year-old and Mr. M. 23 year-old living together in Paris were on holiday in Saint Raphae (French Riviera). They presented with fever, vertigo and nausea. A blood smear made to control thrombocytopaenia revealed intra-erythrocytic forms of Plasmodium falciparum. The parasitaemia level was 0.15% for Ms. V and 3.2% for Mr. M. This couple had no history of blood transfusion or intravenous drug use. They had never travelled outside metropolitan France, but had recently travelled around France: to Saint Mard (close to Paris Charles de Gaulle (CdG) airport), to Barneville plage (in Normandy) and finally to Saint Raphael. The most probable hypothesis is an infection transmitted in Saint Mard by an imported anopheline mosquito at CdG airport. The DNA analysis of parasites from Ms. V.'s and Mr. M.'s blood revealed identical genotypes. Because 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.

Entomologie médicale / Parasitologie / Virologie [052]

Fonds IRD [F B010048196]

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