Assessment of asymptomatic Plasmodium spp. infection by detection of parasite DNA in residents of an extra-Amazonian region of Brazil

The hypotheses put forward to explain the malaria transmission cycle in extra-Amazonian Brazil, an area of very low malaria incidence, are based on either a zoonotic scenario involving simian malaria, or a sce...

Source: Malaria Journal - March 14, 2018 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Filomena E. C. de Alencar, Rosely dos Santos Malafronte, Crispim Cerutti Junior, L ícia Natal Fernandes, Julyana Cerqueira Buery, Blima Fux, Helder Ricas Rezende, Ana Maria Ribeiro de Castro Duarte, Antonio Ralph Medeiros-Sousa and Angelica Espinosa Mira Tags: Research Source Type: research