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natural plasmodium infections in brazilian wild monkeys: reservoirs for human infections?four hundred and forty-eight samples of total blood from wild monkeys living in areas where human autochthonous malaria cases have been reported were screened for the presence of plasmodium using microscopy and pcr analysis. samples came from the following distinct ecological areas of brazil: atlantic forest (n=140), semideciduous atlantic forest (n=257) and cerrado (a savannah-like habitat) (n=51). thick and thin blood smears of each specimen were examined and plasmodium infection was screened ...200818620330
[control of blood transfusion malaria in an endemic and in a non-endemic region in brazil].the aim of the present work was to establish appropriate criteria for screening of donor blood from regions with distinct malaria epidemiological characteristics. three locations with different screening criteria were studied: são paulo, sp (with no vectorial transmission), belém, pa (with low active transmission) and matupá and peixoto de azevedo, mt (with high active transmission). the malaria parasite--plasmodium sp--was searched for by "thick film", qbc test and antigen immunofluorescence te ...19989477695
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