research article
Absence of asymptomatic cases of malaria in a historically endemic indigenous locality of the Department of Caaguazú, Paraguay: moving toward elimination
Registro en:
10.1590/0037-8682-0197-2016
Autor
Duarte de Barrios, Eugenia
Russomando, Graciela Mabel
del Puerto, Florencia
Resumen
Paraguay was among the 16 countries that reported zero indigenous malaria cases in 2014. Methods: A cross-sectional observational descriptive study was performed in 100 adults from Santa Teresa, Paraguay. Parasite detection was carried out using seminested multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and microscopy. CONACYT – Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología