High prevalence of malaria infection in Amazonas state, Venezuela Incidencia de malaria en una región endémica del estado Amazonas, Venezuela

This study was carried out to determine the incidence of malaria in an endemic region of Amazonas State, Venezuela. For this, 200 random samples were collected from symptomatic and asymptomatic individuals from San Fernando de Atabapo and Santa Barbara. Epidemiological factors were related to malari...

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Main Authors: Hectorina Rodulfo, Marcos de Donato, Isaurea Quijada, Ada Peña
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2007-04-01
Series:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
Subjects:
PCR
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46652007000200003