Resolving the cause of recurrent Plasmodium vivax malaria probabilistically

Relapse, reinfection and recrudescence can all cause recurrent infection after treatment of Plasmodium vivax malaria in endemic areas, but are difficult to distinguish. Here the authors show that they can be differentiated probabilistically and thereby demonstrate the high efficacy of primaquine tre...

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Main Authors: Aimee R. Taylor, James A. Watson, Cindy S. Chu, Kanokpich Puaprasert, Jureeporn Duanguppama, Nicholas P. J. Day, Francois Nosten, Daniel E. Neafsey, Caroline O. Buckee, Mallika Imwong, Nicholas J. White
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2019-12-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13412-x