| [malaria outside the brazilian amazonian region: the situation in santa catarina state]. | this study aimed to evaluate the malaria epidemiological aspects in santa catarina state, brazil, by using national health foundation data from 1996 to 2001. from 4,707 thick smears analyzed 5.5% were positive. plasmodium vivax was found in 69.0%; plasmodium falciparum in 25.6%, mixed infection with both in 5%, and plasmodium malariae in only 0.4%. it was observed that 67.4% were heterochthonous cases and 32.6% autochthonous cases. in recent years, the incidence of heterochthonous cases has incr ... | 2003 | 14576872 |