Epidemiology and Control of Malaria, Leishmaniasis and Schistosomiasis in Brazil

Human malaria in Brazil is caused by Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax. The incidence of malaria cases reported from the Amazon Basin is increasing yearly due, in part, to the influx of colonists and miners from other regions of Brazil. Control measures currently in use are ineffective and...

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Main Authors: Prata, Aluizio R, McGreevy, Patrick B, Klein, Terry A, Peterson, Norman E
Format: Report
Language:English
Subjects:
AMAZON RIVER
ARBOVIRUS
AS 870
Biology
BLOOD
BRAZIL
CONTROL
CUTANEOUS LEISHMANIASIS
ELISA
EPIDEMIOLOGY
FALCIPARUM MALARIA
FIELD STUDIES
HUMANS
LEISHMANIASIS
MALARIA
Medicine and Medical Research
Microbiology
PE02787A
PLASMODIUM
PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM
QUININE
RA 1
REGIONS
SCHISTOSOMIASIS
SEASONAL VARIATIONS
TRANSMITTANCE
VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS
VIVAX MALARIA
WUDA317750
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Summary:Human malaria in Brazil is caused by Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax. The incidence of malaria cases reported from the Amazon Basin is increasing yearly due, in part, to the influx of colonists and miners from other regions of Brazil. Control measures currently in use are ineffective and little is known about the biology and primary vector of both species of malaria in the Costa Marques, Rondonia area, and other anophelines serve to augment the seasonal transmission. Circulating gametocytes in the blood of some patients were infective to mosquitoes 21 days after treatment with quinine.