High prevalence of very-low Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax parasitaemia carriers in the Peruvian Amazon: insights into local and occupational mobility-related transmission

High prevalence of very-low Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax parasitaemia carriers in the Peruvian Amazon: insights into local and occupational mobility-related transmission

Abstract Background The incidence of malaria due both to Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax in the Peruvian Amazon has risen in the past 5 years. This study tested the hypothesis that the maintenance and emergence of malaria in hypoendemic regions such as Amazonia is determined by submicrosc...

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Main Authors: Gabriel Carrasco-Escobar, Julio Miranda-Alban, Carlos Fernandez-Miñope, Kimberly C. Brouwer, Katherine Torres, Maritza Calderon, Dionicia Gamboa, Alejandro Llanos-Cuentas, Joseph M. Vinetz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-10-01
Series:Malaria Journal
Subjects:
Malaria
Sub-microscopic
Plasmodium vivax
Plasmodium falciparum
Molecular epidemiology
Serology
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12936-017-2063-x

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