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Case report: French West Indies – a tourist destination at risk for Plasmodium falciparum transmission?
Author(s) -
Poinsig Yves,
Arfi Catherine,
Sarfati Claudine,
FargeBancel Dominique,
Raccurt Christian P.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
tropical medicine and international health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.056
H-Index - 114
eISSN - 1365-3156
pISSN - 1360-2276
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-3156.1999.00390.x
Subject(s) - west indies , plasmodium falciparum , malaria , tourism , transmission (telecommunications) , geography , medicine , ethnology , history , immunology , archaeology , engineering , electrical engineering
Summary We report a case of P. falciparum infection observed in Paris and presumably acquired in Guadeloupe, a French Caribbean island where malaria has been considered to be eradicated since 1970.