Prospective assessment of malaria infection in a semi-isolated Amazonian indigenous Yanomami community: Transmission heterogeneity and predominance of submicroscopic infection.
In the Amazon basin, indigenous forest-dwelling communities typically suffer from a high burden of infectious diseases, including malaria. Difficulties in accessing these isolated ethnic groups, such as the semi-nomadic Yanomami, make official malaria data largely underestimated. In the current stud...
Main Authors: | Daniela Rocha Robortella, Anderson Augusto Calvet, Lara Cotta Amaral, Raianna Farhat Fantin, Luiz Felipe Ferreira Guimarães, Michelle Hallais França Dias, Cristiana Ferreira Alves de Brito, Tais Nobrega de Sousa, Mariza Maia Herzog, Joseli Oliveira-Ferreira, Luzia Helena Carvalho |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2020-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0230643 |
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