Ethiopian Plasmodium vivax hypnozoites formation dynamics and their susceptibility to reference antimalarial drugs

Abstract One of the key obstacles to malaria elimination is largely attributed to Plasmodium vivax’s ability to form resilient hypnozoites in the host liver that cause relapsing infections. As a result, interruption of P. vivax transmission is difficult. P. vivax transmission occurs in Duffy-positiv...

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Main Authors: Laurent Dembele, Ousmaila Diakite, Fanta Sogore, Soriya Kedir, Fatalmoudou Tandina, Mohamed Maiga, Andargie Abate, Lemu Golassa, Abdoulaye A. Djimde
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-06-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-023-08381-y