Malaria in Mauritania: retrospective and prospective overview

Malaria Journal

Review

Sébastien Briolant¹  Jamaleddine Hafid²  Ali Ould Mohamed Salem Boukhary³  Mohamed Salem Ould Ahmedou Salem³  Khadijetou Mint Lekweiry³  Leonardo K Basco⁴ 

[1] Institut de Recherche Biomédicale des Armées, Direction interarmées du service de Santé, Laboratoire de Parasitologie, CNR du Paludisme région Antilles-Guyane, Institut Pasteur de la Guyane, Cayenne, Cedex, France;Laboratoire Aliments, Environnement et Santé (LAES), Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université Cadi Ayyad, Marrakech, Morocco;UR Génome et Milieux, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université des Sciences, de Technologie et de Médecine, Nouveau Campus Universitaire, BP 5026, Nouakchott, Mauritania;Unité de Parasitologie, Institut de Recherche Biomédicale des Armées, ancienne base aérienne 217, B. P. 73, 91223, Brétigny-sur-Orge, France;Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes, Unité de Recherche 198-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Faculté de Médecine La Timone, Aix-Marseille Université, 27 boulevard Jean Moulin, 13385, Marseille, France;

关键词: Malaria;    Mauritania;    Morbidity;    Plasmodium;    Anopheles;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12936-015-0607-5

 received in 2014-08-18, accepted in 2015-02-08,  发布年份 2015

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

Malaria has become a major public health problem in Mauritania since the 1990s, with an average of 181,000 cases per year and 2,233,066 persons at risk during 1995–2012. This paper provides the first publicly available overview of malaria incidence and distribution in Mauritania. Information on the burden and malaria species distribution is critical for guiding national efforts in malaria control. As the incidence of malaria changes over time, regular updates of epidemiological data are necessary.

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