Biodiversity can help prevent malaria outbreaks in tropical forests.

• Main Authors: Gabriel Zorello Laporta (Author), Paulo Inácio Knegt Lopez de Prado (Author), Roberto André Kraenkel (Author), Renato Mendes Coutinho (Author), Maria Anice Mureb Sallum (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND: Plasmodium vivax is a widely distributed, neglected parasite that can cause malaria and death in tropical areas. It is associated with an estimated 80-300 million cases of malaria worldwide. Brazilian tropical rain forests encompass host- and vector-rich communities, in which two hypothe...