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Emerg Infect Dis
; 25(4): 834-836, 2019 04.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-30698522
RESUMO
Mass migration from Venezuela has increased malaria resurgence risk across South America. During 2018, migrants from Venezuela constituted 96% of imported malaria cases along the Ecuador-Peru border. Plasmodium vivax predominated (96%). Autochthonous malaria cases emerged in areas previously malaria-free. Heightened malaria control and a response to this humanitarian crisis are imperative.