Challenges in the Control and Elimination of Plasmodium vivax Malaria

The human malaria parasite Plasmodium vivax imposes unique challenges to its control and elimination. Primary among those is the hypnozoite reservoir of infection in endemic communities. It is the dominant source of incident malaria and exceedingly difficult to attack due to both inability to diagno...

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Main Authors: Asih, P, Syafruddin, D, Baird, J
Other Authors: Manguin, S
Format: Journal article
Published: IntechOpen 2018