| drug-resistant falciparum malaria among the mayongong indians in the brazilian amazon. | in april of 1977 an outbreak of falciparum malaria occurred among the mayongong indians, located at uauaris in the territory of roraima, brazil. blood specimens from 157 indians were examined for plasmodium; 62 were found to be infected. in three cases the infection was not cured with chloroquine but responded favorably to the drug combination of sulfadoxine and pyrimethamine (fansidar). | 1979 | 384818 |
| malaria and antimalarial plants in roraima, brazil. | one of the numerous problems created by the gold rush which took place in northern brazil (roraima state) at the end of the 1980s was a severe epidemic of malaria amongst the indigenous peoples of the region. worst hit were the yanomami indians, who had lived in almost total isolation prior to this event. the problem has been exacerbated by the development of chloroquine-resistant strains of plasmodium falciparum. in an effort to identify viable alternatives to dependence on western medicine for ... | 1997 | 9204719 |
| [malaria in the region of campinas, são paulo, brazil, 1980 to 1994]. | according to epidemiological data, from 1980 to 1994, 2,781 cases of malaria were registered as follows: dir xii-campinas (49.3%), dir xv-piracicaba (41.3%) and dir xx-são joão da boa vista (9.4%). the plasmodium vivax was found in 70.6% of the patients; plasmodium falciparum in 25.4% and 4% of the patients presented a mixed infection. the epidemiological classification showed that 95% of the cases came from the states of rondônia, mato grosso and par. the masculine sex, between the age of 20 to ... | 2000 | 10881119 |