[Plasmodium vivax malaria seizure more than 5 years after a stay in Meknès (Morocco)]. / Accès palustre à Plasmodium vivax plus de cinq ans après un séjour à Meknès (Maroc).

ABSTRACT

The authors report a case of Plasmodium vivax malaria which happened more than five years after a stay of the patient in Morocco. The late appearance of parasite blood forms and especially gametocytes, as observed in this case, could explain, at least partially, the awakening of apparently extinguished foci and the renewal of the transmission of the epidemic, mediated by the presence of Anopheles. This phenomenon certainly contributed to the failure of malaria eradication campaigns in some countries with endemic P. vivax.