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Molecular evidence of sustained urban malaria transmission in Amazonian Brazil, 2014-2015.
Epidemiology and infection - 21 Feb 2020
Salla L C, Rodrigues P T, Corder R M, Johansen I C, Ladeia-Andrade S, Ferreira M U
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The relative contribution of imported vs. locally acquired infections to urban malaria burden remains largely unexplored in Latin America, the most urbanised region in the developing world. Here we use a simple molecular epidemiology framework to examine the transmission dynamics of Plasmodium vivax in Mâncio Lima, the Amazonian municipality with the highest malaria incidence rate in Brazil. We prospectively...
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