Background Despite falling incidence and mortality since the turn of the century, malaria
remains an important global health challenge. In the future fight against malaria, greater …

Background Better understanding of the distribution of Plasmodium vivax and its risk factors
could be used to prevent and control malaria infection. Therefore, the aim of this study was …

Background Ethiopia is one of the scarce African countries where Plasmodium vivax and P.
falciparum co-exist. There has been no attempt to derive a robust prevalence estimate of P …

Background P. vivax is an important public health burden in Ethiopia, accounting for almost
half of all malaria cases. Owing to heterogeneous transmission across the country, a …

Background A research priority for Plasmodium vivax malaria is to improve our
understanding of the spatial distribution of risk and its relationship with the burden of P. vivax …

Background Malaria is still a major health problem in some parts of the world. Plasmodium
falciparum is the common pathogenic parasite and is responsible for majority of malaria …

Abstract Background Although, Plasmodium vivax is a rare parasite in most parts of Africa, it
has significant public health importance in Ethiopia. In some parts of the country, it is …

The occurrence of Plasmodium vivax malaria was reported in Nouakchott, Mauritania in the
1990s. Several studies have suggested the frequent occurrence of P. vivax malaria among …

Background. Imported cases of Plasmodium vivax malaria from western Africa are reported
annually in the Russian Federation. Infected native African people moving from western …

Background Malaria is ranked as the leading communicable disease in Ethiopia, where
Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax are co-endemic. The incidence of P. vivax is …