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However, its incidence remains unclear because of diagnostic problems and insufficient epidemiological data.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>Between April and August 2007, a study on malaria incidence was carried out in Nouakchott city. A total of 237 febrile outpatients, from all Nouakchott districts, attending the two main hospitals of the city were investigated. Finger prick and blood dried filter paper samples were performed to prepare thick and thin films and nested-PCR for malaria parasite species identification and density. The accuracy of diagnosis of 'presumptive malaria', assigned by clinicians and based on fever and other malaria suggestive symptoms, was assessed. Entomological investigations based on morphological and molecular characterization of Anopheline species were conducted in Dar Na\u00efm district.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>Malaria prevalence rate was 25.7% (61\/237), the majority of positive blood slides as well as nested-PCR products were due to <jats:italic>Plasmodium vivax<\/jats:italic> 70.5% (43\/61) and <jats:italic>Plasmodium ovale<\/jats:italic> 24.6% (15\/61). Two malaria patients, both with <jats:italic>P. vivax<\/jats:italic>, have never travelled out of Nouakchott and seem likely to have been autochthonous (3.3%). Of the 237 individuals included in the survey, 231(97.5%) were clinically diagnosed and treated as malaria cases. 26.4% of clinically diagnosed cases were positive for <jats:italic>Plasmodium<\/jats:italic> using microscopic examination and PCR. Thus, false positive cases constituted 73.6% (170\/231) of the clinically diagnosed malaria cases. The search for mosquito vectors in Dar Na\u00efm district allowed morphological and molecular identification of <jats:italic>Anopheles arabiensis<\/jats:italic> and <jats:italic>Anopheles pharoensis<\/jats:italic>.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>This study demonstrates that, during the hot and dry season, <jats:italic>Plasmodium<\/jats:italic> species responsible of recurrent malaria (<jats:italic>P. vivax<\/jats:italic> and <jats:italic>P. ovale<\/jats:italic>) are the dominant species in Nouakchott city and autochthonous malaria cases exist but are rare. Clinical diagnosis of malaria has a very low positive predicted value. 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