The epidemiology of Plasmodium vivax among adults in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Plasmodium vivax generally accounts for a low proportion of malaria cases in Africa, but population-level data on the distribution of infections is limited. Here, the authors use data from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and show that the prevalence is low (~3%) and diffusely spread.
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| author | Nicholas F. Brazeau Cedar L. Mitchell Andrew P. Morgan Molly Deutsch-Feldman Oliver John Watson Kyaw L. Thwai Pere Gelabert Lucy van Dorp Corinna Y. Keeler Andreea Waltmann Michael Emch Valerie Gartner Ben Redelings Gregory A. Wray Melchior K. Mwandagalirwa Antoinette K. Tshefu Joris L. Likwela Jessie K. Edwards Robert Verity Jonathan B. Parr Steven R. Meshnick Jonathan J. Juliano |
| author_facet | Nicholas F. Brazeau Cedar L. Mitchell Andrew P. Morgan Molly Deutsch-Feldman Oliver John Watson Kyaw L. Thwai Pere Gelabert Lucy van Dorp Corinna Y. Keeler Andreea Waltmann Michael Emch Valerie Gartner Ben Redelings Gregory A. Wray Melchior K. Mwandagalirwa Antoinette K. Tshefu Joris L. Likwela Jessie K. Edwards Robert Verity Jonathan B. Parr Steven R. Meshnick Jonathan J. Juliano |
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| description | Plasmodium vivax generally accounts for a low proportion of malaria cases in Africa, but population-level data on the distribution of infections is limited. Here, the authors use data from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and show that the prevalence is low (~3%) and diffusely spread. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c229f4eb257540259fec2b069685f7902022-12-21T19:10:37ZengNature PortfolioNature Communications2041-17232021-07-0112111010.1038/s41467-021-24216-3The epidemiology of Plasmodium vivax among adults in the Democratic Republic of the CongoNicholas F. Brazeau0Cedar L. Mitchell1Andrew P. Morgan2Molly Deutsch-Feldman3Oliver John Watson4Kyaw L. Thwai5Pere Gelabert6Lucy van Dorp7Corinna Y. Keeler8Andreea Waltmann9Michael Emch10Valerie Gartner11Ben Redelings12Gregory A. Wray13Melchior K. Mwandagalirwa14Antoinette K. Tshefu15Joris L. Likwela16Jessie K. Edwards17Robert Verity18Jonathan B. Parr19Steven R. Meshnick20Jonathan J. Juliano21Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North CarolinaDepartment of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North CarolinaMedical Scientist Training Program, School of Medicine, University of North CarolinaDepartment of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North CarolinaMedical Research Council Centre for Outbreak Analysis and Modelling, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College LondonDepartment of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North CarolinaUCL Genetics Institute, University College LondonUCL Genetics Institute, University College LondonDepartment of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North CarolinaInstitute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, University of North CarolinaDepartment of Geography, University of North CarolinaDepartment of Biology, Duke UniversityDepartment of Biology, Duke UniversityDepartment of Biology, Duke UniversityKinshasa School of Public HealthKinshasa School of Public HealthProgramme National de la Lutte Contre le PaludismeDepartment of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North CarolinaMedical Research Council Centre for Outbreak Analysis and Modelling, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College LondonDivision of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, University of North CarolinaDepartment of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North CarolinaDepartment of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North CarolinaPlasmodium vivax generally accounts for a low proportion of malaria cases in Africa, but population-level data on the distribution of infections is limited. Here, the authors use data from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and show that the prevalence is low (~3%) and diffusely spread.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24216-3 |
| spellingShingle | Nicholas F. Brazeau Cedar L. Mitchell Andrew P. Morgan Molly Deutsch-Feldman Oliver John Watson Kyaw L. Thwai Pere Gelabert Lucy van Dorp Corinna Y. Keeler Andreea Waltmann Michael Emch Valerie Gartner Ben Redelings Gregory A. Wray Melchior K. Mwandagalirwa Antoinette K. Tshefu Joris L. Likwela Jessie K. Edwards Robert Verity Jonathan B. Parr Steven R. Meshnick Jonathan J. Juliano The epidemiology of Plasmodium vivax among adults in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Nature Communications |
| title | The epidemiology of Plasmodium vivax among adults in the Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| title_full | The epidemiology of Plasmodium vivax among adults in the Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| title_fullStr | The epidemiology of Plasmodium vivax among adults in the Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| title_full_unstemmed | The epidemiology of Plasmodium vivax among adults in the Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| title_short | The epidemiology of Plasmodium vivax among adults in the Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| title_sort | epidemiology of plasmodium vivax among adults in the democratic republic of the congo |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24216-3 |
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