Emerging Infectious Disease ISSN: 1080-6059

Malaria Diagnosis and Hospitalization Trends, Brazil

Patricia D. Santos-Ciminera*†

, Donald R. Roberts*, Maria das Gracas C. Alecrim†, Monica R.F. Costa†, and Gerald V. Quinnan*

Author affiliations: *Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, USA; †Fundacao de Medicina Tropical do Amazonas, Manaus, Brazil;

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Malaria diagnoses by parasite species, Plasmodium falciparum (solid circles) and P. vivax (open circles), at the Fundação de Medicina Tropical do Amazonas (FMT-AM), Amazonas, Brazil, 1989–2006. A) Total numbers of diagnoses (in thousands). B) Percentage of infections resulting in hospital admission.

Figure 2. Malaria diagnoses by parasite species, Plasmodium falciparum (solid circles) and P. vivax (open circles), at the Fundação de Medicina Tropical do Amazonas (FMT-AM), Amazonas, Brazil, 1989–2006. A) Total numbers of diagnoses (in thousands). B) Percentage of infections resulting in hospital admission.

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