A parasitological and serological malária survey in Amazonas, 1971

Thick blood films and malaria indirect fluorescent antibody test (P. falciparum and P. vivax) were done in four different regions in Amazonas. There was a very low prevalence of parasites anã the antibody rates suggest a small amount of transmission and that P. vivax was the predominant parasite. Th...

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Main Authors: C. C. Draper, P. D. Marsden, Aluízio Prata, Heitor Vieira Dourado, J. C. Bina
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 1973-08-01
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86821973000400003