Current vector control challenges in the fight against malaria in Brazil

Abstract In Brazil, malaria is an important public health problem first reported in 1560. Historically, fluctuations in malaria cases in Brazil are attributed to waves of economic development; construction of railroads, highways, and hydroelectric dams; and population displacement and land occupatio...

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Main Authors: Djane Clarys Baia-da-Silva, José Diego Brito-Sousa, Sheila Rodrigues Rodovalho, Cassio Peterka, Gilberto Moresco, Oscar Martín Mesones Lapouble, Gisely Cardoso de Melo, Vanderson de Souza Sampaio, Maria das Graças Costa Alecrim, Paulo Pimenta, José Bento Pereira Lima, Marcus Vinícius Guimarães de Lacerda, Wuelton Marcelo Monteiro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2019-03-01
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822019000100201&lng=en&tlng=en