Malaria in the Republic of Djibouti, 1998-2009

Historically, native populations in the Republic of Djibouti have experienced only low and unstable malaria transmission and intermittent epidemics. In recent years, efforts at malaria control have been aggressively pursued. This study was performed to inform revised malaria prevention recommendatio...

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Published inThe American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene Vol. 85; no. 3; pp. 554 - 559
Main Authors OLLIVIER, Lénaïck, NEVIN, Remington L, KHAIREH, Bouh A, AHMED, Ammar A, DARAR, Houssein Y, BOUGERE, Jacques, SALEH, Moustapha, GIDENNE, Stephane, MASLIN, Jérôme, ANDERS, Dietmar, DECAM, Christophe, TODESCO, Alain
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Deerfield, IL American Society of Tropical Medecine and Hygiene 01.09.2011
The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Subjects
Antimalarials - therapeutic use
Biological and medical sciences
Djibouti - epidemiology
France
Human protozoal diseases
Humans
Infectious diseases
Malaria
Malaria - drug therapy
Malaria - epidemiology
Medical sciences
Military Personnel
Parasitic diseases
Population Surveillance
Protozoal diseases
United States
Djibouti
Africa
France
United States
Infection
Tropical medicine
Protozoal disease
Parasitosis
Malaria
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Summary:Historically, native populations in the Republic of Djibouti have experienced only low and unstable malaria transmission and intermittent epidemics. In recent years, efforts at malaria control have been aggressively pursued. This study was performed to inform revised malaria prevention recommendations for military service members and international travelers to the country. Laboratory-confirmed cases of malaria documented at large medical facilities and within military and civilian health care systems in the Republic of Djibouti from 1998 to 2009 were reviewed. In recent years, fewer than 5% of febrile cases among the three largest passive surveillance systems were laboratory-confirmed as malaria, and incidence of confirmed malaria was well below 1/1,000 persons/year. As efforts in the Republic of Djibouti progress toward elimination, and in conjunction with continued efforts at surveillance, emphasizing mosquito-avoidance measures and standby emergency treatment will become reasonable recommendations for malaria prevention.
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ISSN:0002-9637
1476-1645
DOI:10.4269/ajtmh.2011.11-0122