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.

CONCLUSIONS The increase in imported malaria cases circulating in the west region of Boa Vista, where there are positive breeding sites for the main vectors, may represent a potential condition for increased autochthonous malaria transmission in this space. PMID: 32667459 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz - July 16, 2020 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Louzada J, de Almeida NCV, de Araujo JLP, Silva J, Carvalho TM, Escalante AA, Oliveira-Ferreira J Tags: Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz Source Type: research