A new challenge for malaria control in Brazil: asymptomatic Plasmodium infection - a review

The evolution of malaria in Brazil, its morbidity, the malaria control programs, and the new challenges for these programs in the light of the emergence of asymptomatic infection in the Amazon region of Brazil were reviewed. At least six Brazilian research groups have demonstrated that asymptomatic...

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Main Authors: José Rodrigues Coura, Martha Suárez-Mutis, Simone Ladeia-Andrade
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 2006-05-01
Series:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762006000300001