Plasmodium vivax: the potential obstacles it presents to malaria elimination and eradication

K Habtamu, B Petros, G Yan - Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and …, 2022 - Springer
Initiatives to eradicate malaria have a good impact on P. falciparum malaria worldwide. P.
vivax, however, still presents significant difficulties. This is due to its unique biological traits …

Individual variation in Plasmodium vivax malaria risk: Are repeatedly infected people just unlucky?

RM Corder, AP Arez, MU Ferreira - PLOS Neglected Tropical …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Extensive research has examined why some people have frequent Plasmodium falciparum
malaria episodes in sub-Saharan Africa while others remain free of disease most of the time …

Vivax malaria in Duffy-negative patients shows invariably low asexual parasitaemia: implication towards malaria control in Ethiopia

A Abate, I Bouyssou, S Mabilotte, C Doderer-Lang… - Malaria Journal, 2022 - Springer
Background The increase in detections of Plasmodium vivax infection in Duffy-negative
individuals in Africa has challenged the dogma establishing the unique P. vivax Duffy …

[HTML][HTML] Malaria resilience in South America: Epidemiology, vector biology, and immunology insights from the Amazonian International Center of Excellence in malaria …

K Torres, MU Ferreira, MC Castro… - The American journal …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The 1990s saw the rapid reemergence of malaria in Amazonia, where it remains an
important public health priority in South America. The Amazonian International Center of …

Novel highly-multiplexed AmpliSeq targeted assay for Plasmodium vivax genetic surveillance use cases at multiple geographical scales

JH Kattenberg, HV Nguyen, HL Nguyen… - Frontiers in Cellular …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Although the power of genetic surveillance tools has been acknowledged widely, there is an
urgent need in malaria endemic countries for feasible and cost-effective tools to implement …

Population genomic evidence of structured and connected Plasmodium vivax populations under host selection in Latin America

JH Kattenberg, P Monsieurs, J De Meyer… - Ecology and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Pathogen genomic epidemiology has the potential to provide a deep understanding of
population dynamics, facilitating strategic planning of interventions, monitoring their impact …

Accelerating towards P. vivax elimination with a novel serological test-and-treat strategy: a modelling case study in Brazil

N Nekkab, T Obadia, WM Monteiro… - The Lancet Regional …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background Plasmodium vivax malaria is challenging to control and eliminate. Treatment
with radical cure drugs fails to target the hidden asymptomatic and hypnozoite reservoirs in …

Significant number of Plasmodium vivax mono-infections by PCR misidentified as mixed infections (P. vivax/P. falciparum) by microscopy and rapid diagnostic tests …

A Abebe, D Menard, S Dugassa, A Assefa, JJ Juliano… - Malaria Journal, 2023 - Springer
Background Plasmodium vivax malaria is now recognized as a cause of severe morbidity
and mortality, resulting in a substantial negative effect on health especially in endemic …

Vectorial capacities for malaria in eastern Amazonian Brazil depend on village, vector species, season, and parasite species

RH Zimmerman, AKR Galardo, LP Lounibos… - Malaria Journal, 2022 - Springer
Background The vector species in the Amazon River Basin are regionally and locally
diverse, which makes it imperative to understand and compare their roles in malaria …

Tafenoquine for the treatment of Plasmodium vivax malaria

A Llanos-Cuentas, P Manrrique… - Expert Opinion on …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Plasmodium vivax malaria causes significant disease burden worldwide,
especially in Latin America, Southeast Asia, and Oceania. P. vivax is characterized by the …