Deforestation and malaria incidence in the legal Amazon Region between 1996 and 2012

Deforestation and malaria incidence in the legal Amazon Region between 1996 and 2012

Abstract Malaria is a major public health problem, and Brazil is the largest contributor in America to the number of cases. In the country, the Amazon concentrates around 99.5% of the cases. This article aims to compare trends in deforestation rate and the parasite index of malaria in the Amazon reg...

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Main Authors: Raphael Mendonça Guimarães, Bárbara Campos Valente, Priscila Almeida Faria, Lásaro Linhares Stephanelli, Juliana Valentim Chaiblich, Felipe Bagatoli Silveira Arjona
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Estudos em Saúde Coletiva da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro 2016-04-01
Series:Cadernos de Saúde Coletiva
Subjects:
malaria
environment
Amazon
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1414-462X2016000100003&tlng=en

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