Spatiotemporal analysis of within-country imported malaria in Brazilian municipalities, 2004-2022.

ABSTRACT: Human mobility has challenged malaria elimination efforts and remains difficult to routinely track. In Brazil, administrative records from the Ministry of Health allow monitoring of mobility locally and internationally. Although most imported malaria cases are between municipalities in Brazil, detailed knowledge of patterns of mobility is limited. Here, we address this gap by quantifying and describing patterns of malaria-infected individuals across the Amazon. We used network analysis, spatial clustering, and linear models to quantify and characterize the movement of malaria cases in Brazil between 2004 and 2022. We identified sources and sinks of malaria within and between states. We found that between-state movement of cases has become proportionally more important than within-state, th

SUBMITTER: Arisco NJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11249269 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature