Prospects and recommendations for risk mapping to improve strategies for effective malaria vector control interventions in Latin America

Table 1 Malaria burden in the Americas in 2013

Sub-region	Country	Level of transmission (percentage of population)			Disease burden (percentage of cases)
Sub-region	Country	Malaria free	Low (≤1 per 1000)	High (>1 case per 1000)	P. vivax	P. falciparum
Central America	Belize	30	70	0	100	0
	Costa Rica	62	37	1	66	4
	El Salvador	30	70	0	97	3
	Guatemala	0	14	86	98	2
	Honduras	27	59	14	84	16
	Mexico	97	3	0	99	1
	Nicaragua	50	49	1	82	18
	Panama	24	71	4	100	0
Caribbean	Haiti	0	47	53	0	100
Caribbean	Dominican Republic	14	81	4	0	100
South America	Bolivia	65	30	5	90	10
	Brazil	80	18	2	83	17
	Colombia	78	8	15	72	28
	Ecuador	40	59	1	75	25
	French Guiana	0	14	86	68	32
	Guyana	7	58	35	38	62
	Paraguay				38
	Peru	84	12	5	84	16
	Suriname	84	0	16	55	45
	Venezuela	81	16	3	70	30

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