| [delayed diagnosis of malaria in a dengue endemic area in the brazilian extra-amazon: recent experience of a malaria surveillance unit in state of rio de janeiro]. | the mortality of malaria in the extra-amazon region is about 80 times higher than in the amazon region, where malaria is concentrated (99.8% of cases). in areas of dengue transmission, delay in the diagnosis and treatment of malaria in patients with fever who reside in areas of malaria transmission can be due to the confusion between the clinical diagnoses of both diseases by nonspecialist doctors, among other factors. this work presents some of the consequences of delayed diagnosis in three pat ... | 2010 | 21085872 |
| malaria in the state of rio de janeiro, brazil, an atlantic forest area: an assessment using the health surveillance service. | the lethality of malaria in the extra-amazonian region is more than 70 times higher than in amazonia itself. recently, several studies have shown that autochthonous malaria is not a rare event in the brazilian southeastern states in the atlantic forest biome. information about autochthonous malaria in the state of rio de janeiro (rj) is scarce. this study aims to assess malaria cases reported to the health surveillance system of the state of rio de janeiro between 2000-2010. an average of 90 cas ... | 2014 | 25185004 |
| plasmodium vivax malaria relapses at a travel medicine centre in rio de janeiro, a non-endemic area in brazil. | malaria is a potentially severe disease widely distributed in tropical and subtropical regions worldwide. clinically, the progression of the disease can be life-threatening if it is not promptly diagnosed and properly treated. through treatment, the radical cure of plasmodium vivax infection can be achieved, thus preventing potential relapses and the emergence of new cases outside the amazon region in brazil. surveillance for therapeutic failure in non-endemic areas is advantageous, as it is unl ... | 2012 | 22839416 |