Receptivity to malaria after eradication: current situation in Tunisia

In Tunisia, there has been no local transmission of malaria since 1979, Alt hough the disease has been eradicated, its re-emergence is not considered i mpossible An epidemiological evaluation has been conducted in order to eval uate the current level of receptivity A. labranchiae and A. sergenti, the f ormer vectors of malaria in the country are still present and the anophelin e population in the country is increasing following the building of dams an d manmade lakes It is hoped that Tunisian vectors are refractory to sub-Sah aran strains of malaria parasites. According to the data collected regardin g malaria history, climate, geography and socio-economic development, we as sume that the receptivity level of the country is low and the risk of re-em ergence of local foci is small.