Article
Human factors in the epidemiology of malaria in the brazilian Amazon
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COIMBRA JUNIOR, Carlos Everaldo Alvares. Human factors in the epidemiology of malaria in the brazilian Amazon. Human Organization, v. 47, n. 3, p. 254-260, 1988.
0018-7259
10.17730/humo.47.3.j18mn0682146021q
1938-3525
Autor
Coimbra Junior, Carlos Everaldo Alvares
Resumen
Carlos Everaldo Alvares Coimbra Junior - Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sergio Arouca. Departamento de Endemias Samuel Pessoa. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. Documento produzido em parceria ou por autor vinculado à Fiocruz, mas não consta a informação no documento. Malaria is considered one of the most important public health problems in Brazil, and the Amazon Basin alone has been responsible for more than 80% of the cases registered in the country since the last decade. ln its spread throughout the Basin, mataria has always been intimately associated with the development projects conducted in the region. New highways, dams and colonization projects have been extensively undertaken by the government in the last two decades, stimulating thousands of people to migrate to Amazonia, especially small peasant farmers looking for land, gold mining and other activities.