The impact of imported malaria by gold miners in Roraima: characterizing the spatial dynamics of autochthonous and imported malaria in an urban region of Boa Vista

BACKGROUND The number of malaria cases in Roraima nearly tripled from 2016 to 2018. The capital, Boa Vista, considered a low-risk area for malaria transmission, reported an increasing number of autochthonous and imported cases. OBJECTIVES This study describes a spatial analysis on malaria cases i...

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Main Authors: Jaime Louzada, Nathália Coelho Vargas de Almeida, Joao Luiz Pereira de Araujo, Júlio Silva, Thiago M Carvalho, Ananias A Escalante, Joseli Oliveira-Ferreira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 2020-07-01
Series:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762020000100327&tlng=en

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