The clinical-epidemiological profile of malaria patients from Southern Venezuela, a critical hotspot in Latin America.
The clinical-epidemiological profile of malaria patients from Southern Venezuela, a critical hotspot in Latin America.
20 sep 2021
Venezuela accounted for 55% of the cases and 73% of the malaria deaths in the Americas in 2019. Bolivar state, in the southeast, contributes > 60% of the country's Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium falciparum cases every year. This study describes the clinical-epidemiological characteristics of clinical malaria patients in this high-transmission area.