Lower Microscopy Sensitivity with Decreasing Malaria Prevalence in the Urban Amazon Region, Brazil, 2018–2021

Lower Microscopy Sensitivity with Decreasing Malaria Prevalence in the Urban Amazon Region, Brazil, 2018–2021

Malaria is increasingly diagnosed in urban centers across the Amazon Basin. In this study, we combined repeated prevalence surveys over a 4-year period of a household-based random sample of 2,774 persons with parasite genotyping to investigate the epidemiology of malaria in Mâncio Lima, the main ur...

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Main Authors: Priscila T. Rodrigues, Igor C. Johansen, Winni A. Ladeia, Fabiana D. Esquivel, Rodrigo M. Corder, Juliana Tonini, Priscila R. Calil, Anderson R.J. Fernandes, Pablo S. Fontoura, Carlos E. Cavasini, Joseph M. Vinetz, Marcia C. Castro, Marcelo U. Ferreira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2024-09-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
malaria
Amazon Basin
Plasmodium vivax
Plasmodium falciparum
epidemiology
microscopy
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/30/9/24-0378_article

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