Plasmodium vivax: the potential obstacles it presents to malaria elimination and eradication

K Habtamu, B Petros, G Yan - Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and …, 2022‏ - Springer
Initiatives to eradicate malaria have a good impact on P. falciparum malaria worldwide. P.
vivax, however, still presents significant difficulties. This is due to its unique biological traits …

Recent advances, challenges and updates on the development of therapeutics for malaria

R Nandal, D Kumar, N Aggarwal, V Kumar… - EXCLI …, 2024‏ - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Malaria has developed as a serious worldwide health issue as a result of the introduction of
resistant Plasmodium species strains. Because of the common chemo resistance to most of …

A Pvs25 mRNA vaccine induces complete and durable transmission-blocking immunity to Plasmodium vivax

N Kunkeaw, W Nguitragool, E Takashima… - npj Vaccines, 2023‏ - nature.com
Plasmodium vivax (P. vivax) is the major malaria parasite outside of Africa and no vaccine is
available against it. A vaccine that interrupts parasite transmission (transmission-blocking …

Transmission-reducing and -enhancing monoclonal antibodies against Plasmodium vivax gamete surface protein Pvs48/45

GP Bansal, MS Araujo, Y Cao, E Shaffer… - Infection and …, 2024‏ - journals.asm.org
Gamete surface protein P48/45 has been shown to be important for male gamete fertility and
a strong candidate for the development of a malaria transmission-blocking vaccine (TBV) …

The parasite intraerythrocytic cycle and human circadian cycle are coupled during malaria infection

FC Motta, K McGoff, RC Moseley, CY Cho… - Proceedings of the …, 2023‏ - pnas.org
During infections with the malaria parasites Plasmodium vivax, patients exhibit rhythmic
fevers every 48 h. These fever cycles correspond with the time the parasites take to traverse …

Comparison of PvLAP5 and Pvs25 qRT-PCR assays for the detection of Plasmodium vivax gametocytes in field samples preserved at ambient temperature from …

N Obaldía, I Barahona, J Lasso, M Avila… - PLoS neglected …, 2022‏ - journals.plos.org
Background As the elimination of malaria in Mesoamerica progresses, detection of
Plasmodium vivax using light microscopy (LM) becomes more difficult. Highly sensitive …

Detection of Plasmodium simium gametocytes in non-human primates from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest

LC Amaral, YEAR Salazar, DAM de Alvarenga… - Malaria Journal, 2023‏ - Springer
Background Plasmodium species of non-human primates (NHP) are of great interest
because they can naturally infect humans. Plasmodium simium, a parasite restricted to the …

Single-cell analyses of polyclonal Plasmodium vivax infections and their consequences on parasite transmission

B Hazzard, JM Sá, HN Bogale, TV Pascini… - Nature …, 2024‏ - nature.com
Most Plasmodium vivax infections contain genetically distinct parasites, but the
consequences of this polyclonality on the development of asexual parasites, their sexual …

Significant number of Plasmodium vivax mono-infections by PCR misidentified as mixed infections (P. vivax/P. falciparum) by microscopy and rapid diagnostic tests …

A Abebe, D Menard, S Dugassa, A Assefa, JJ Juliano… - Malaria Journal, 2023‏ - Springer
Background Plasmodium vivax malaria is now recognized as a cause of severe morbidity
and mortality, resulting in a substantial negative effect on health especially in endemic …

Transmission efficiency of Plasmodium vivax at low parasitaemia

T Surit, P Sripoorote, C Kumpitak, C Suansomjit… - Malaria Journal, 2023‏ - Springer
Background Plasmodium vivax is responsible for much of malaria outside Africa. Although
most P. vivax infections in endemic areas are asymptomatic and have low parasite densities …