Prospects for Malaria Elimination in Mesoamerica and Hispaniola

Malaria remains endemic in 21 countries of the American continent with an estimated 427,000 cases per year. Approximately 10% of these occur in the Mesoamerican and Caribbean regions. During the last decade, malaria transmission in Mesoamerica showed a decrease of ~85%; whereas, in the Caribbean reg...

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Main Authors: Herrera, Sócrates, Ochoa-Orozco, Sergio Andrés, González, Iveth J., Peinado, Lucrecia, Quiñones, Martha L., Arévalo-Herrera, Myriam
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4431857/