Molecular Detection and Species Determination of Malaria Parasites, Venezuela

Autor: César Pacheco, Jorge Moreno, Flor Herrera
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 25, Iss 2, Pp 355-357 (2019)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1080-6040
1080-6059
DOI: 10.3201/eid2502.181279
Popis: In southeastern Venezuela, malaria cases have increased since 2013. We found that 46% of 352 blood samples from symptomatic patients in 1 municipality tested positive for Plasmodium spp. In addition, the number of cases increased by 10 times in 4 years (2014–2017) and by 3 times in 1 year (2016–2017).
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