Brazil, a country of continental proportions, presents three profiles of malaria transmission.
The first and most important numerically, occurs inside the Amazon. The Amazon accounts …

Background: Malaria is a mosquito-borne infectious disease caused by protozoan parasites
of the genus Plasmodium. These parasites can be transmitted by blood transfusion …

Plasmodium (P. falciparum, P. vivax, P. ovale, P. malariae, and P. knowlesi). A life-
threatening illness, malaria is regarded as the most important human parasitic disease. Over …

Malaria in Brazil is endemic in the Amazon region, but autochthonous cases with low
parasitaemia occur in the Atlantic Forest area of the country. According to Brazilian …

Malaria diagnoses has traditionally been made using thick blood smears, but more sensitive
and faster techniques are required to process large numbers of samples in clinical and …

INTRODUÇÃO: A malária autóctone no Estado de São Paulo caracteriza-se por surtos
esporádicos na região oeste e transmissão persistente na região leste onde ocorrem casos …

Background Transfusion-transmitted malaria due to asymptomatic Plasmodium infections is
a challenge for blood banks. There is a lack of data on the prevalence of asymptomatic …

Studies on autochthonous malaria in low-transmission areas in Brazil have acquired
epidemiological relevance because they suggest continued transmission in what remains of …

Background Efforts have been made to establish sensitive diagnostic tools for malaria
screening in blood banks in order to detect malaria asymptomatic carriers. Microscopy, the …

Plasmodium malariae mainly causes asymptomatic submicroscopic parasitemia in the
endemic Amazon and non-endemic Atlantic Forest, where the number of cases and …