2005
DOI: 10.1590/s0036-46652005000200004
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Retrospective study of malaria prevalence and Anopheles genus in the area of influence of the binational Itaipu reservoir

Abstract: The importance of hydroelectric dams beside the human interchange in the maintenance of malarious foci and the occurrence of the Anopheles genus on the Binational Itaipu Reservoir were the main points of this retrospective study. Data were collected from existing registrations at National, State and Municipal Health Departments and literature systematic overview, from January 1984 to December 2003. The occurrence of some outbreak of malaria, mainly by Plasmodium vivax, and the prevalence of species of the Anop… Show more

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“…Dados como esses são fundamentais em razão da malária não possuir uma distribuição geográfica homogênea, e devem ser resgatados para constituir um conjunto de informações baseado nas manifestações clínicas e nos achados epidemiológicos 8 .…”
Section: Discussionunclassified
“…Dados como esses são fundamentais em razão da malária não possuir uma distribuição geográfica homogênea, e devem ser resgatados para constituir um conjunto de informações baseado nas manifestações clínicas e nos achados epidemiológicos 8 .…”
Section: Discussionunclassified
“…The establishment of a new malaria foci has been well documented in areas under WDP influence of Africa (i.e: Gilgel-Gibe dam in Ethiopia and several sub-Saharan irrigation schemes), Asia and the Pacific (i.e: Bargi dam and Thar Desert ricefields in India and Srinagaring dam in Thailand) and the Americas (i.e: Serra da Mesa and Itaipu dams in Brazil) 22,36,37,40,88,99 .…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…albitarsis s.l and An. galvaoi were also appointed as vectors with epidemiological relevance in this area 22,37 .…”
Section: Latin Americamentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Previous rarity and subsequent ease of sampling after flooding was also noted for An. darlingi at the Itaipu hydroelectric plant (GuimarãeS et al 1997, FalaviGna-GuilHerme et al 2005.…”
Section: E-issn 1983-0572mentioning
confidence: 99%