Malaria epidemiology in low-endemicity areas of the Atlantic Forest in the Vale do Ribeira, São Paulo, Brazil

Acta Tropica

Volumn 100, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 54-62

  Curado, Izilda ^a   dos Santos Malafronte, Rosely ^b   de Castro Duarte, Ana Maria Ribeiro ^b   Kirchgatter, Karin ^a   Branquinho, Maria Stela ^a   Bianchi Galati, Eunice Aparecida ^b  

^a SUPERINTENDÊNCIA DE CONTROLE DE ENDEMIAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic malaria; Atlantic Forest; Brazil; Circumsporozoite protein; Enzyme immunosorbent assay; Indirect immunofluorescent assay; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

CIRCUMSPOROZOITE PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY; DISEASE PREVALENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; IMMUNOASSAY; MALARIA; PARASITE; PROTOZOAN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SMEAR; BRAZIL; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM BRASILIANUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PLASMODIUM SIMIOVALE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE;

ALTO RIBEIRA STATE TOURIST PARK; ATLANTIC FOREST; BRAZIL; INTERVALES STATE PARK; RIBEIRA VALLEY; SAO PAULO [BRAZIL]; SOUTH AMERICA;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX;

EID: 33751551444     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2006.09.010     Document Type: Article

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