In recent years, global health security has been threatened by the geographical expansion
of vector-borne infectious diseases such as malaria, dengue, yellow fever, Zika and …

Malaria remains a serious public health problem in Brazil despite a significant drop in the
number of cases in the past decade. We conduct a comprehensive analysis of malaria …

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

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 As malaria endemic countries strive towards elimination, intensified spatial
heterogeneities of local transmission could undermine the effectiveness of traditional …

Aquatic animals are diverse in terms of species, but also in terms of production systems, the
people involved, and the benefits achieved. In this concept piece, we draw on literature to …

Background In the process of geographical retraction of malaria, some important endemicity
pockets remain. Here, we report results from a study developed to obtain detailed …

Malaria in the Amazon is often perceived as an exclusively rural disease, but transmission
has been increasingly documented within and near urban centers. Here we explore patterns …

Background In Brazilian Amazon, deforestation and other anthropogenic activities as a
consequence of human occupation have created new and artificial larval habitats for …

We measured the prevalence of malaria in pregnancy and estimated its impact on birth
weight and length and maternal hemoglobin in 1,180 women from Juruá Valley, the main …