Open AccessCharacterization of an outbreak of malaria in a non-endemic zone on the coastal region of Ecuador
Author(s) -
Diego Morales,
Paul Andrés Quinatoa,
Jaen Carlos Cagua
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
biomédica/biomedica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.26
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 2590-7379
pISSN - 0120-4157
DOI - 10.7705/biomedica.5816
Subject(s) - malaria , vector (molecular biology) , anopheles , outbreak , transmission (telecommunications) , geography , human settlement , anopheles albimanus , plasmodium vivax , epidemiology , socioeconomics , environmental health , ecology , environmental protection , biology , plasmodium falciparum , virology , medicine , archaeology , electrical engineering , immunology , gene , recombinant dna , biochemistry , engineering , sociology
Malaria is a vector-borne disease widely distributed in the Amazon region and the coastal area of northern Ecuador. Its epidemiology involves related factors such as human settlements, vector reproduction sites, mobility, productive activity, and the response capacity of health systems, among others.