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MURILLO, Olga Lucia; PADILLA, Julio Cesar; ESCOBAR, José Pablo  and  MORALES, Carlos Andrés. Challenges towards elimination of urban/peri-urban malaria in Guapi (Colombia), 2016. Entramado [online]. 2018, vol.14, n.2, pp.272-284. ISSN 1900-3803.  https://doi.org/10.18041/1900-3803/entramado.2.4765.

I: To maintain the reduction of malaria, initiatives that accelerate the elimination are promoted. In recent years with the sustained reduction of malaria, Colombia by 2021 proposes its elimination in urban areas, which requires research for this challenge O: Establish the epidemiological situation of transmission of urban / peri malaria in Guapi 2011-2015 and describe the challenges in vector capacity, receptivity, infectivity and vulnerability. M: A descriptive study was conducted, epidemiological, entomological, parasitological, health and socioeconomic services were obtained through interviews and secondary sources. With the information, univariate and bivariate analyzes were carried out, malaria elimination formats proposed by the World Health Organization were applied and gaps were analyzed. A: 1097 cases were notified, 39.5% were registered in the urban / peri area, and in turn, 68% of these were concentrated in three neighborhoods. In vectorial capacity anopheles albimanus was identified as the primary vector with susceptibility to insecticides, multiple hatcheries and strategies for installing mosquito nets with high coverage; In infectivity, predominance of p. falciparum, 48.1% consultation opportunity in the first 48 hours and self-medication; in vulnerability, non-urban cases represented 60.5% of the total. C: Malaria was characterized by being of low intensity, focused and with spikes. There is significant receptivity, in infectiousness there are delays in the opportunity of consultation and there is high vulnerability due to migrant population.

Keywords : Malaria; elimination; feasibility; infectivity; vulnerability; vectorial capacity.

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