Malaria reemergence in the Peruvian Amazon region.

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Aramburú Guarda, J. ; Ramal Asayag, C. ; Witzig, R.
• Description:
  Epidemic malaria has rapidly emerged in Loreto Department, in the Peruvian Amazon region. Peru reports the second highest number of malaria cases in South America (after Brazil), most from Loreto. From 1992 to 1997, malaria increased 50-fold in Loreto but only fourfold in Peru. Plasmodium falciparum infection, which has increased at a faster rate than P. vivax infection in the last 3 years, became the dominant Plasmodium infection in the highest transmission areas in the 1997 rainy season. The vector Anopheles darlingi has also increased during this epidemic in Loreto. Moreover, chloroquine and pyrimethamine-sulfadoxine drug-resistant P. falciparum strains have emerged, which require development of efficacious focal drug treatment schemes.
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Adult Aged Animals Anopheles Child Child, Preschool Climate Drug Resistance Humans Infant Infant, Newborn Malaria Middle Aged Time Factors

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 5(2):209-215.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Peru
• Volume:
  5
• Issue:
  2
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:5aeaaeaa5c343958b834422c5443313f50d3b2a440adb9b475afb6ea45d01041
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/14808/cdc_14808_DS1.pdf
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