MALARIA IN THE STATE OF AMAZONAS: A TYPICAL BRAZILIAN TROPICAL DISEASE INFLUENCED BY WAVES OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Malaria in the State of Amazonas: a typical Brazilian tropical disease influenced by waves of economic development

In Brazil, more than 99% of malaria cases are reported in the Amazon, and the State of Amazonas accounts for 40% of this total.However, the accumulated experience and challenges in controlling malaria in this region in recent decades have not been reported.Throughout the first economic cycle during the rubber boom (1879 to 1912), malaria was record

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A leafhopper-transmissible DNA virus with novel evolutionary lineage in the family geminiviridae implicated in grapevine redleaf disease by next-generation sequencing.

A graft-transmissible disease displaying red veins, red blotches and total reddening of leaves in red-berried wine grape (Vitis vinifera L.) cultivars was observed royal nomadic 5413 rug in commercial vineyards.Next-generation sequencing technology was used to identify etiological agent(s) associated with this emerging disease, designated as grapev

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