Malaria in Brazil: what happens outside the Amazonian endemic region

Malaria in Brazil: what happens outside the Amazonian endemic region

Brazil, a country of continental proportions, presents three profiles of malaria transmission. The first and most important numerically, occurs inside the Amazon. The Amazon accounts for approximately 60% of the nation’s territory and approximately 13% of the Brazilian population. This region hosts...

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Main Authors: Anielle de Pina-Costa, Patrícia Brasil, Sílvia Maria Di Santi, Mariana Pereira de Araujo, Martha Cecilia Suárez-Mutis, Ana Carolina Faria e Silva Santelli, Joseli Oliveira-Ferreira, Ricardo Lourenço-de-Oliveira, Cláudio Tadeu Daniel-Ribeiro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2014-08-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
Subjects:
malaria
Brazil
Plasmodium vivax
extra-Amazon
simian malaria
bromeliads
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762014000500618&lng=en&tlng=en

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