The prospect of eliminating malaria transmission in some regions of Brazil

Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Pedro Luiz Tauil¹ 

关键词: malaria;    Brazil;    elimination;    prospects;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0074-02762011000900013

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

This paper discusses malaria epidemiology and control in Brazil as well as the prospect of interrupting transmission in some areas of the country. The concepts of receptivity and vulnerability of an area to malaria transmission are analysed to predict where elimination might occur in a near future. Outside of the Amazon Region and in the oriental states of the Amazon, such as Tocantins, Maranhão and Mato Grosso, it is likely that malaria transmission can be eliminated with the development and sustained use of a good surveillance system.

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