Mapping Risk of Malaria Transmission in Mainland Portugal Using a Mathematical Modelling Approach.

Malaria is currently one of the world´s major health problems. About a half-million deaths are recorded every year. In Portugal, malaria cases were significantly high until the end of the 1950s but the disease was considered eliminated in 1973. In the past few years, endemic malaria cases have been...

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Main Authors: Eduardo Gomes, César Capinha, Jorge Rocha, Carla Sousa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5096710?pdf=render