"Background: Peru has presented a decreasing malaria trend during the last decade, particularly in areas on northwestern coast; however, a limited number of cases continues to be reported yearly mainly in malaria hotspots..."
Rosas Aguirre, A., Ponce, O. J., Carrasco-Escobar, G., Speybroeck, N., Contreras-Mancilla, J., Gamboa, D., Pozo, E., Herrera, S., & Llanos-Cuentas, A. (2015). Plasmodium vivax malaria at households: spatial clustering and risk factors in a low endemicity urban area of the northwestern Peruvian coast. Malaria Journal, 14, 176. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-015-0670-y (Original work published 2015)