Population-level estimates of the proportion of Plasmodium vivax blood-stage infections attributable to relapses among febrile patients attending Adama Malaria Diagnostic Centre, East Shoa Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia

Population-level estimates of the proportion of Plasmodium vivax blood-stage infections attributable to relapses among febrile patients attending Adama Malaria Diagnostic Centre, East Shoa Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia

Abstract Background Malaria is ranked as the leading communicable disease in Ethiopia, where Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax are co-endemic. The incidence of P. vivax is usually considered to be less seasonal than P. falciparum. Clinical cases of symptomatic P. falciparum exhibit notable...

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Main Authors: Lemu Golassa, Michael T. White
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-07-01
Series:Malaria Journal
Subjects:
Malaria
P. vivax
Relapse
Hypnozoites
Ethiopia
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12936-017-1944-3

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