The clinical-epidemiological profile of malaria patients from Southern Venezuela, a critical hotspot in Latin America.

20 Sep 2021
Forero-Peña DA, Carrión-Nessi FS, Chavero M, Gamardo Á, Figuera L, Camejo-Ávila NA, Marcano MV, Hidalgo M, Arenas-Leal CJ, Villegas L, Grillet ME, Pacheco MA, Mora MS, Escalante AA
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.