Malaria is a major cause of anaemia in tropical areas. Malaria infection causes haemolysis
of infected and uninfected erythrocytes and bone marrow dyserythropoiesis which …

In spite of significant progress towards malaria control and elimination achieved in South
America in the 2000s, this mosquito-transmitted tropical disease remains an important public …

Deforestation and land use change are among the most pressing anthropogenic
environmental impacts. In Brazil, a resurgence of malaria in recent decades paralleled rapid …

Interest in larval source management (LSM) as an adjunct intervention to control and
eliminate malaria transmission has recently increased mainly because long-lasting …

Gold-mining may play an important role in the maintenance of malaria worldwide. Gold-
mining, mostly illegal, has significantly expanded in Colombia during the last decade in …

Background Schistosomiasis and STH are among the list of neglected tropical diseases
considered for control by the WHO. Although both diseases are endemic in Zimbabwe, no …

Malaria in Peru, dominated by Plasmodium vivax, remains a public health problem. The
1990s saw newly epidemic malaria emerge, primarily in the Loreto Department in the …

Background New frontier settlements across the Amazon Basin pose a major challenge for
malaria elimination in Brazil. Here we describe the epidemiology of malaria during the early …

Background Although malaria control investments worldwide have resulted in dramatic
declines in transmission since 2000, progress has stalled. In the Amazon, malaria …

Background Malaria remains an important public health problem in Peru where incidence
has been increasing since 2011. Of over 55,000 cases reported in 2017, Plasmodium vivax …