Epidemiology of Disappearing Plasmodium vivax Malaria: A Case Study in Rural Amazonia

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Barbosa, Susana ^a   Gozze, Amanda B ^a   Lima, Nathália F ^a   Batista, Camilla L ^a   Bastos, Melissa da Silva ^a   Nicolete, Vanessa C ^a   Fontoura, Pablo S ^a   Gonçalves, Raquel M ^a   Viana, Susana Ariane S ^a   Menezes, Maria José ^a   Scopel, Kézia Katiani G ^b   Cavasini, Carlos E ^c   Malafronte, Rosely dos Santos ^a   Silva Nunes, Mônica da ^d   Vinetz, Joseph M ^e,f   Castro, Márcia C ^g   Ferreira, Marcelo U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF JUIZ DE FORA   (Brazil)

^c Infectious and Parasitic Diseases ^*  (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO ACRE   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^f INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT   (Peru)

^g HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ELIMINATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALARIA CONTROL; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ADULT; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALARIA, VIVAX; MALE; PARASITEMIA; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRANSMISSION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BRAZIL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA, VIVAX; MALE; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RURAL POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84928966112     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003109     Document Type: Article

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