Malaria Reemergence in the Peruvian Amazon Region
Epidemic malaria has rapidly emerged in Loreto Department, in the Peruvian Amazon region. Peru reports the second highest number of malaria cases in South America (after Brazil), most from Loreto. From 1992 to 1997, malaria increased 50-fold in Loreto but only fourfold in Peru. Plasmodium falciparum...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
1999-04-01
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| Series: | Emerging Infectious Diseases |
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| Online Access: | https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/5/2/99-0204_article |