Use of anthropophilic culicid-based xenosurveillance as a proxy for Plasmodium vivax malaria burden and transmission hotspots identification.

• Main Authors: Joabi Nascimento (Author), Vanderson S Sampaio (Author), Stephan Karl (Author), Andrea Kuehn (Author), Anne Almeida (Author), Sheila Vitor-Silva (Author), Gisely Cardoso de Melo (Author), Djane C Baia da Silva (Author), Stefanie C P Lopes (Author), Nelson F Fé (Author), José B Pereira Lima (Author), Maria G Barbosa Guerra (Author), Paulo F P Pimenta (Author), Quique Bassat (Author), Ivo Mueller (Author), Marcus V G Lacerda (Author), Wuelton M Monteiro (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2018-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Vector-borne diseases account for more than 17% of all infectious diseases, causing more than one million deaths annually. Malaria remains one of the most important public health problems worldwide. These vectors are bloodsucking insects, which can transmit disease-producing microorganisms during a...