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Malaria is increasing in Indigenous and artisanal mining areas in the Brazilian Amazon

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Fig. 1: Protected areas, airstrips and malaria in the Brazilian Amazon.

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We thank N. Arisco, J. Ponmattam and S. Kim for help with data curation and image editing.

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  1. Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA

    Marcia C. Castro

  2. Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde e Ambiente, Ministério da Saúde, Brasília, Brazil

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Castro, M.C., Peterka, C. Malaria is increasing in Indigenous and artisanal mining areas in the Brazilian Amazon. Nat Med 29, 762–764 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-023-02280-0

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