Background Haiti has a set a target of eliminating malaria by 2020. However, information on
malaria vector research in Haiti is not well known. This paper presents results from a …

In Brazil, malaria is an important public health problem first reported in 1560. Historically,
fluctuations in malaria cases in Brazil are attributed to waves of economic development; …

Summary Background Insecticide-treated bednets (ITNs) are effective in preventing malaria
where vectors primarily bite indoors and late at night, but their effectiveness is uncertain …

Objectives Throughout human evolutionary history, parasites and pathogens were a major
cause of mortality‐modern urban life with public health infrastructure has changed disease …

Malaria a mosquito-borne disease caused by Plasmodium remains to be a main global
burden despite concerted efforts to eliminate it. While diverse control strategies have been …

Recent efforts to reduce malaria incidence have had some successes. Nevertheless,
malaria persists as a significant public health problem in the Brazilian Amazon. The …

Vector control is one of the principal strategies used for reducing malaria transmission. Long-
lasting insecticidal bed nets (LLINs) are a key tool used to protect populations at risk of …

Background Most cases of malaria in Brazil are concentrated in the Amazon region. One of
the vector control alternatives recommended by the WHO is the long-lasting insecticidal net …

In Brazil, malaria transmission is mostly confined to the Amazon, where substantial progress
has been made towards disease control in the past decade. Vector control has been …

Methods: Malaria data were stratified by the annual parasite incidence (API) over the six-
year period and by municipality. We used the method of seasonal decomposition by Loess …