Emerging Infectious Diseases (Apr 2019)

Effects of Political Instability in Venezuela on Malaria Resurgence at Ecuador–Peru Border, 2018

  • Robinson Jaramillo-Ochoa,
  • Rachel Sippy,
  • Daniel F. Farrell,
  • Cinthya Cueva-Aponte,
  • Efraín Beltrán-Ayala,
  • Jose L. Gonzaga,
  • Tania Ordoñez-León,
  • Fernando A. Quintana,
  • Sadie J. Ryan,
  • Anna M. Stewart-Ibarra

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2504.181355
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 25, no. 4
pp. 834 – 836

Abstract

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Mass migration from Venezuela has increased malaria resurgence risk across South America. During 2018, migrants from Venezuela constituted 96% of imported malaria cases along the Ecuador–Peru border. Plasmodium vivax predominated (96%). Autochthonous malaria cases emerged in areas previously malaria-free. Heightened malaria control and a response to this humanitarian crisis are imperative.

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