Malaria outbreak among french army troops returning from the Ivory Coast

Abstract

In 2006, a French Army unit reported 39 malaria cases among servicepersons returning from Ivory Coast. Thirty, including three serious forms, occurred after the return to France. The risk of post-return malaria was higher than the risk in Ivory Coast. Half of the imported cases had stopped post-return chemoprophylaxis early. © 2010 International Society of Travel Medicine. © 2010 International Society of Travel Medicine.