Epidemic and Non-Epidemic Hot Spots of Malaria Transmission Occur in Indigenous Comarcas of Panama.

• Main Authors: William Lainhart (Author), Larissa C Dutari (Author), Jose R Rovira (Author), Izis M C Sucupira (Author), Marinete M Póvoa (Author), Jan E Conn (Author), Jose R Loaiza (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2016-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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From 2002-2005, Panama experienced a malaria epidemic that has been associated with El Niño Southern Oscillation weather patterns, decreased funding for malaria control, and landscape modification. Case numbers quickly decreased afterward, and Panama is now in the pre-elimination stage of malaria e...