Malaria in gold-mining areas in Colombia

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 areas with limited health care and disease prevention. We report a descriptive study that was carried out to determine the mal...

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Main Authors: Angélica Castellanos, Pablo Chaparro-Narváez, Cristhian David Morales-Plaza, Alberto Alzate, Julio Padilla, Myriam Arévalo, Sócrates Herrera
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2016-01-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762016000100059&lng=en&tlng=en