Absence of asymptomatic cases of malaria in a historically endemic indigenous locality of the Department of Caaguazú, Paraguay: moving toward elimination

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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14066/2980
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Duarte de Barrios, Eugenia; Russomando, Graciela MabelCONACYT Authority; del Puerto, Florencia
Date of publishing
2016-09
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research article
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Abstract
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.
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