Airport malaria : four new cases in suburban Paris during summer 1999

D Lusina; F Legros; V Estève; M Klerlein; T Giacomini

doi:10.2807/esm.05.07.00017-en

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Airport malaria : four new cases in suburban Paris during summer 1999
D Lusina¹ , F Legros² , V Estève¹ , M Klerlein³ , T Giacomini¹
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Affiliations: ¹ Laboratoire de Biologie Médicale, Centre Hospitalier Robert Ballanger, France ² CNRMI & IRD, Paris, France ³ Air France, Paris, France

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Citation style for this article: Lusina D, Legros F, Estève V, Klerlein M, Giacomini T. Airport malaria : four new cases in suburban Paris during summer 1999. Euro Surveill. 2000;5(7):pii=17. https://doi.org/10.2807/esm.05.07.00017-en

Abstract

During the summer 1999, four clustered cases of airport malaria were observed in France. The cases ’ analysis revealed that airport malaria, which is a rare disease whose diagnosis is difficult, can be observed outside occupations at risk, in people livin