Malaria attack in Southeastern Brazil: a probable locally acquired new infection
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Denise Anete Madureira de Alvarenga, MSc, Anielle de Pina-Costa, PhD, Patrı́cia Brasil, MD, PhD, Cristiana Ferreira Alves de Brito, PhD* and Cláudio Tadeu Daniel-Ribeiro, MD, PhD* Laboratório de Malária, Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou Fiocruz, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil; Laboratório de Pesquisa em Malária, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil; Laboratório de Doenças Febris Agudas, Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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