An initial examination of the epidemiology of malaria in the State of Roraima, in the Brazilian Amazon Basin
Rev. Inst. Med. Trop. Säo Paulo
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42(5): 269-75, Sept.-Oct. 2000. tab, graf
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ABSTRACT
This study firstly describes the epidemiology of malaria in Roraima, Amazon Basin in Brazil, in the years from 1991 to 1993 the predominance of plasmodium species, distribution of the blood slides examined, the malaria risk and seasonality; and secondly investigates whether population growth from 1962 to 1993 was associated with increasing risk of malaria. Frequency of malaria varied significantly by municipality. Marginally more malaria cases were reported during the dry season (from October to April), even after controlling for by year and municipality. Vivax was the predominant type in all municipalities but the ratio of plasmodium types varied between municipalities. No direct association between population growth and increasing risk of malaria from 1962 to 1993 was detected. Malaria in Roraima is of the "frontier" epidemiological type with high epidemic potential
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Asunto principal:
Malaria
Tipo de estudio:
Estudio de etiología
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Factores de riesgo
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Estudio de tamizaje
Límite:
Humanos
País/Región como asunto:
America del Sur
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Brasil
Idioma:
Inglés
Revista:
Rev. Inst. Med. Trop. Säo Paulo
Asunto de la revista:
Medicina Tropical
Año:
2000
Tipo del documento:
Artículo
País de afiliación:
Países Bajos
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Reino Unido
Institución/País de afiliación:
F.C. Dondersstraat/NL
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London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine/GB
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