2024
Lower Microscopy Sensitivity with Decreasing Malaria Prevalence in the Urban Amazon Region, Brazil, 2018–2021 - Volume 30, Number 9—September 2024 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC
Rodrigues P, Johansen I, Ladeia W, Esquivel F, Corder R, Tonini J, Calil P, Fernandes A, Fontoura P, Cavasini C, Vinetz J, Castro M, Ferreira M, . Lower Microscopy Sensitivity with Decreasing Malaria Prevalence in the Urban Amazon Region, Brazil, 2018–2021 - Volume 30, Number 9—September 2024 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC. Emerging Infectious Diseases 2024, 30: 1884-1894. PMID: 39174028, PMCID: PMC11346994, DOI: 10.3201/eid3009.240378.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEffectiveness of malaria controlDecreasing malaria prevalenceEpidemiology of malariaPoint-of-care microscopyThreshold of microscopyPlasmodium vivaxMalaria prevalenceMalarial infectionMalaria controlMalaria transmissionP. falciparumMicroscopy sensitivityParasite densityAsymptomatic infectionRoutine surveillanceMalariaPrevalence surveyInfectionPrevalenceParasite genotypesTransmission hotspotsElimination strategiesRural residentsMolecular methodsCDC
2021
Integrating Parasitological and Entomological Observations to Understand Malaria Transmission in Riverine Villages in the Peruvian Amazon
Rosas-Aguirre A, Moreno M, Moreno-Gutierrez D, Llanos-Cuentas A, Saavedra M, Contreras-Mancilla J, Barboza J, Alava F, Aguirre K, Carrasco G, Prussing C, Vinetz J, Conn JE, Speybroeck N, Gamboa D. Integrating Parasitological and Entomological Observations to Understand Malaria Transmission in Riverine Villages in the Peruvian Amazon. The Journal Of Infectious Diseases 2021, 223: s99-s110. PMID: 33906225, PMCID: PMC8079135, DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiaa496.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMalaria prevalenceMalaria transmissionRiverine villagesMalaria risk factorsMalaria transmission dynamicsSubmicroscopic infectionsLocal epidemiologyPolymerase chain reactionIncidence rateRisk factorsHigh prevalenceMalaria casesTreat interventionMalaria strategyPlasmodium vivaxPrevalenceChain reactionTransmission dynamicsAdult AnophelesHigh heterogeneity