Growing evidence of Plasmodium vivax across malaria-endemic Africa.

Effective malaria control strategies require an accurate understanding of the epidemiology of locally transmitted Plasmodium species. Compared to Plasmodium falciparum infection, Plasmodium vivax has a lower asexual parasitaemia, forms dormant liver-stages (hypnozoites), and is more transmissible. H...

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Main Authors: Katherine A Twohig, Daniel A Pfeffer, J Kevin Baird, Ric N Price, Peter A Zimmerman, Simon I Hay, Peter W Gething, Katherine E Battle, Rosalind E Howes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6372205?pdf=render