Epidemiology and control of malaria in Colombia

Epidemiology and control of malaria in Colombia

Malaria is currently one of the most serious public health problems in Colombia with an endemic/epidemic transmission pattern that has maintained endemic levels and an average of 105,000 annual clinical cases being reported over the last five years. Plasmodium vivax accounts for approximately 70% of...

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Main Authors: Julio Cesar Padilla Rodríguez, Gilberto Álvarez Uribe, Roberto Montoya Araújo, Pablo Chaparro Narváez, Sócrates Herrera Valencia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2011-08-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
Subjects:
Plasmodium falciparum
Plasmodium vivax
endemic transmission
intervention measures
morbidity-mortality reports
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