Malaria epidemiology in low-endemicity areas of the northern coast of Ecuador: high prevalence of asymptomatic infections

Malaria epidemiology in low-endemicity areas of the northern coast of Ecuador: high prevalence of asymptomatic infections

Abstract Background The recent scale-up in malaria control measures in Latin America has resulted in a significant decrease in the number of reported cases in several countries including Ecuador, where it presented a low malaria incidence in recent years (558 reported cases in 2015) with occasional...

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Main Authors: Fabián E. Sáenz, Andrea Arévalo-Cortés, Gabriela Valenzuela, Andrés F. Vallejo, Angélica Castellanos, Andrea C. Poveda-Loayza, Juan B. Gutierrez, Alvaro Alvarez, Yi Heng Yan, Yoldy Benavides, Luis Enrique Castro, Myriam Arévalo-Herrera, Sócrates Herrera
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-07-01
Series:Malaria Journal
Subjects:
Asymptomatic malaria
Ecuador
Knowledge attitude and practices
Elimination
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12936-017-1947-0

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