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Reactive Case Detection for Plasmodium vivax Malaria Elimination in Rural Amazonia
(Public Library of Science, 2016)
Background: Malaria burden in Brazil has reached its lowest levels in 35 years and Plasmodium vivax now accounts for 84% of cases countrywide. Targeting residual malaria transmission entrenched in the Amazon is the next ...
Independent Origin and Global Distribution of Distinct Plasmodium vivax Duffy Binding Protein Gene Duplications
(Public Library of Science, 2016)
Background: Plasmodium vivax causes the majority of malaria episodes outside Africa, but remains a relatively understudied pathogen. The pathology of P. vivax infection depends critically on the parasite’s ability to ...