In southeastern Venezuela, malaria cases have increased since 2013. We found that 46% of 352 blood samples from symptomatic patients in 1 municipality tested positive for Plasmodium spp. In addition, the number of cases increased by 10 times in 4 years (2014-2017) and by 3 times in 1 year (2016-2017).
Keywords: Plasmodium falciparum; Plasmodium vivax; Venezuela; malaria; molecular detection; parasites; vector-borne infections.