Plasmodium vivax in the era of the shrinking P. falciparum map

RN Price, RJ Commons, KE Battle, K Thriemer… - Trends in …, 2020 - cell.com
Plasmodium vivax is an important cause of malaria, associated with a significant public
health burden. Whilst enhanced malaria-control activities have successfully reduced the …

Malaria in Brazil, Colombia, Peru and Venezuela: current challenges in malaria control and elimination

J Recht, AM Siqueira, WM Monteiro, SM Herrera… - Malaria journal, 2017 - Springer
In spite of significant progress towards malaria control and elimination achieved in South
America in the 2000s, this mosquito-transmitted tropical disease remains an important public …

Evidence and implications of mortality associated with acute Plasmodium vivax malaria

JK Baird - Clinical microbiology reviews, 2013 - Am Soc Microbiol
Vivax malaria threatens patients despite relatively low-grade parasitemias in peripheral
blood. The tenet of death as a rare outcome, derived from antiquated and flawed clinical …

[HTML][HTML] Epidemiology of malaria in endemic areas

B Autino, A Noris, R Russo, F Castelli - Mediterranean journal of …, 2012 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Malaria infection is still to be considered a major public health problem in those 106
countries where the risk of contracting the infection with one or more of the Plasmodium …

Management of relapsing Plasmodium vivax malaria

CS Chu, NJ White - Expert review of anti-infective therapy, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Relapses are important contributors to illness and morbidity in Plasmodium
vivax and P. ovale infections. Relapse prevention (radical cure) with primaquine is required …

Infectivity of symptomatic and asymptomatic Plasmodium vivax infections to a Southeast Asian vector, Anopheles dirus

K Kiattibutr, W Roobsoong, P Sriwichai… - International journal for …, 2017 - Elsevier
Plasmodium vivax is now the predominant species causing malarial infection and disease in
most non-African areas, but little is known about its transmission efficiency from human to …

Clinical profile of Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax infections in low and unstable malaria transmission settings of Colombia

M Arévalo-Herrera, M Lopez-Perez, L Medina… - Malaria journal, 2015 - Springer
Abstract Background Malaria transmission in Latin America is generally hypoendemic and
unstable, with Plasmodium vivax as the most prevalent species. However, only a few studies …

Time lag effect on malaria transmission dynamics in an Amazonian Colombian municipality and importance for early warning systems

W Gonzalez-Daza, RJ Vivero-Gómez… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Malaria remains a significant public health problem worldwide, particularly in low-income
regions with limited access to healthcare. Despite the use of antimalarial drugs, transmission …

Malaria morbidity and mortality following introduction of a universal policy of artemisinin-based treatment for malaria in Papua, Indonesia: A longitudinal surveillance …

E Kenangalem, JR Poespoprodjo, NM Douglas… - PLoS …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Background Malaria control activities can have a disproportionately greater impact on
Plasmodium falciparum than on P. vivax in areas where both species are coendemic. We …

Genomics of Plasmodium vivax in Colombia reveals evidence of local bottle-necking and inter-country connectivity in the Americas

E Sutanto, Z Pava, DF Echeverry, TM Lopera-Mesa… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Colombia aims to eliminate malaria by 2030 but remains one of the highest burden
countries in the Americas. Plasmodium vivax contributes half of all malaria cases, with its …