%0 Journal Article
%T Mal¨¢ria no Estado do Paran¨¢, Brasil
%A B¨¦rtoli
%A Marta
%A Moitinho
%A Maria da Luz Ribeiro
%J Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
%D 2001
%I Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical - SBMT
%R 10.1590/S0037-86822001000100007
%X to collect data regarding registered cases of malaria in the state of paran¨¢, attendance reports of suspected cases of malaria performed by funda£¿£¿o nacional de sa¨²de, paran¨¢ regional center, were analyzed from january, 1994 through december, 1999. of 31,975 blood samples examined, 7.4% were positive: 86.4% for plasmodium vivax, 12.7% for p. falciparum, 0.04% for p. malariae and 0.9% for p. vivax and p. falciparum. as to the epidemiological classification, 84.5% represented heterochthonous cases and 15.5% represented autochthonous cases. the municipalities showing higher rates of autochthonous cases were foz do igua£¿u, santa terezinha do itaipu and santa helena, a region influenced by the itaipu reservoir, where prevention and control actions must be concentrated.
%K malaria
%K malaria epidemiology
%K malaria in the state of paran¨¢.
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