Malaria remains endemic in 17 countries in the Americas, where 723,000 cases were
reported in 2019. The majority (> 90%) of the regional malaria burden is found within the …

Background Mounting reports on severe Plasmodium vivax malaria from across the globe
have raised concerns among the scientific community. However, the risk of P. vivax resulting …

Plasmodium vivax represents a special challenge to malaria control because of the ability of
a single infection to relapse over months to years. P. vivax is more tolerant of low …

Background With low and markedly seasonal malaria transmission, increasingly sensitive
tools for better stratifying the risk of infection and targeting control interventions are needed …

Findings in a sample population in southeastern Peru with a very high rate of malaria
infection, due to Plasmodium malariae and P. vivax with apparently no P. falciparum, are …

Abstract Background Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium falciparum cause a significant
illness burden in Peru. Anopheline indices for populated communities in the peri-Iquitos …

Plasmodium vivax is endemic to many areas of Afghanistan. Geographic analysis helped
highlight areas of malaria risk and clarified ecologic risk factors for transmission. Remote …

Epidemic malaria has rapidly emerged in Loreto Department, in the Peruvian Amazon
region. Peru reports the second highest number of malaria cases in South America (after …

Recent autochthonous transmission of Plasmodium vivax malaria in previously malaria-free
temperate regions has generated renewed interest in the epidemiology of this disease …

Abstract Four countries (Brazil, Colombia, Peru, and Venezuela) together contributed~ 80%
of the 875,000 malaria cases reported in the Latin American region (2016). During the 10 …