Outbreak of human malaria caused by Plasmodium simium in the Atlantic Forest in Rio de Janeiro: A molecular epidemiological investigation
- Autores: Abreu F, Albuquerque H, Alvarenga D, Areas AL, Brasil P, Cecilia M, Cravo P, Júnior C, Pelajo-Machado M, Peterka C, Pina-Costa A, Santelli AC, Silva S, Siqueira AM, Zalis M, Zanini G
- Ano de Publicação: 2017
- Journal: The Lancet Global Health
- Link: http://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X(17)30333-9/fulltext
Background Malaria was eliminated from southern and southeastern Brazil over 50 years ago. However, an increasing number of autochthonous episodes attributed to Plasmodium vivax have recently been reported from the Atlantic Forest region of Rio de Janeiro state. As the P vivax-like non-human primate malaria parasite species Plasmodium simium is locally enzootic, we performed a molecular epidemiological investigation to determine […]
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