Effects of Political Instability in Venezuela on Malaria Resurgence at Ecuador-Peru Border, 2018

• Published in: Emerging infectious diseases Vol. 25; no. 4; pp. 834 - 836
• Main Authors: Jaramillo-Ochoa, Robinson, Sippy, Rachel, Farrell, Daniel F, Cueva-Aponte, Cinthya, Beltrán-Ayala, Efraín, Gonzaga, Jose L, Ordoñez-León, Tania, Quintana, Fernando A, Ryan, Sadie J, Stewart-Ibarra, Anna M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases 01.04.2019; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Subjects: Analysis; Anopheles; Communicable Diseases, Emerging - epidemiology; Communicable Diseases, Emerging - history; Disease transmission; Ecuador - epidemiology; Effects of Political Instability in Venezuela on Malaria Resurgence at Ecuador–Peru Border, 2018; elimination; Expedited; Geography, Medical; Hemolysis; History, 21st Century; Humans; Infection; Letters to the Editor; Malaria; Malaria - epidemiology; Malaria - history; migration; Mosquitoes; parasites; Parasitic diseases; Peru - epidemiology; Plasmodium falciparum; Political Systems; Research Letter; Social Environment; surveillance; Tafenoquine; Venezuela; Venezuela - epidemiology; Ecuador; Venezuela; Peru; South America; mosquitoes; Ecuador; Venezuela; vector-borne infections; migration; parasites; surveillance; malaria; political instability; Peru; elimination; Plasmodium spp
• ISSN: 1080-6040; 1080-6059
• DOI: 10.3201/eid2504.181355

Mass migration from Venezuela has increased malaria resurgence risk across South America. During 2018, migrants from Venezuela constituted 96% of imported malaria cases along the Ecuador-Peru border. Plasmodium vivax predominated (96%). Autochthonous malaria cases emerged in areas previously malaria-free. Heightened malaria control and a response to this humanitarian crisis are imperative.