Figure 5From: Malaria in Brazil: an overviewNumber of cases of autochthonous malaria seen outside the Amazon region. The peak registered in 2002 is due to an outbreak of Plasmodium falciparum malaria observed in the State of Ceará, Northwestern Brazil. Cases seen outside the Amazon are mainly due to the transmission by Anopheles (Kertezia) occurring in the Atlantic forest possibly maintained by the involvement of infection of monkeys.Back to article page