Around half of the population of Afghanistan resides in areas at risk of malaria transmission.
Two species of malaria (Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium falciparum) account for a high …

In regions coendemic for P. vivax and P. falciparum, a unified treatment policy for malaria of
any parasitological cause is likely to confer the greatest individual and public health benefit …

Introduction: Relapses are important contributors to illness and morbidity in Plasmodium
vivax and P. ovale infections. Relapse prevention (radical cure) with primaquine is required …

Background Vivax malaria remains a major cause of morbidity in the subtropics. To
undermine the stability of the disease, drugs are required that prevent relapse and provide …

Afghanistan's national guidelines recommend primaquine (PQ) for radical treatment of
Plasmodium vivax malaria, but this is rarely implemented because of concerns over …

Plasmodium vivax is the most widespread human malaria, putting 2.5 billion people at risk of
infection. Its unique biological and epidemiological characteristics pose challenges to …

Background Plasmodium vivax is the main cause of malaria in Nepal. Relapse patterns
have not been characterized previously. Methods Patients with P. vivax malaria were …

Endemic malaria occurs across much of the vast Indonesian archipelago. All five species of
Plasmodium known to naturally infect humans occur here, along with 20 species of …

Early malaria investigators were certainly correct in classifying the species falciparum and
the species vivax as belonging to the same genus, Plasmodium. Both are intraerythrocytic in …

Azerbaijan in the south caucasus region of far southeastern Europe has a long history of
malaria endemicity but just successfully eliminated local transmission. After a period of …