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 …

Malaria is still a major public health problem in Brazil, with approximately 306 000 registered
cases in 2009, but it is estimated that in the early 1940s, around six million cases of malaria …

Brazil currently contributes 42% of all malaria cases reported in the Latin America and the
Caribbean, a region where major progress towards malaria elimination has been achieved …

Although Plasmodium malariae was first described as an infectious disease of humans by
Golgi in 1886 and Plasmodium ovale identified by Stevens in 1922, there are still large gaps …

Background Recent studies indicate that the prevalence of non-falciparum malaria,
including Plasmodium malariae and Plasmodium ovale spp., is increasing, with some …

Across the Americas and the Caribbean, nearly 561,000 slide-confirmed malaria infections
were reported officially in 2008. The nine Amazonian countries accounted for 89% of these …

Five community-based cross-sectional surveys of malaria morbidity and associated risk
factors in remote riverine populations in northwestern Brazil showed average parasite rates …

Background Plasmodium malariae is a slow-growing parasite with a wide geographic
distribution. Although generally regarded as a benign cause of malaria, it has been …

Vector incrimination studies were conducted from April 2003 to February 2005 at three
riverine villages 1.5 km to 7.0 km apart, along the Matapi River, Amapa State, Brazil. A total …

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 …