Use of anthropophilic culicid-based xenosurveillance as a proxy for Plasmodium vivax malaria burden and transmission hotspots identification.

Vector-borne diseases account for more than 17% of all infectious diseases, causing more than one million deaths annually. Malaria remains one of the most important public health problems worldwide. These vectors are bloodsucking insects, which can transmit disease-producing microorganisms during a...

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Main Authors: Joabi Nascimento, Vanderson S Sampaio, Stephan Karl, Andrea Kuehn, Anne Almeida, Sheila Vitor-Silva, Gisely Cardoso de Melo, Djane C Baia da Silva, Stefanie C P Lopes, Nelson F Fé, José B Pereira Lima, Maria G Barbosa Guerra, Paulo F P Pimenta, Quique Bassat, Ivo Mueller, Marcus V G Lacerda, Wuelton M Monteiro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-11-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6258424?pdf=render