Primaquine is the only available antimalarial drug that kills dormant liver stages of
Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium ovale malarias and therefore prevents their relapse …

Resistance to Plasmodium vivax blood-stage infection has been widely recognised to result
from absence of the Duffy (Fy) blood group from the surface of red blood cells (RBCs) in …

Malaria infection is still to be considered a major public health problem in those 106
countries where the risk of contracting the infection with one or more of the Plasmodium …

Brazil, a country of continental proportions, presents three profiles of malaria transmission.
The first and most important numerically, occurs inside the Amazon. The Amazon accounts …

A major public health question is whether urbanization will transform malaria from a rural to
an urban disease. However, differences about definitions of urban settings, urban malaria …

Malaria in Peru, dominated by Plasmodium vivax, remains a public health problem. The
1990s saw newly epidemic malaria emerge, primarily in the Loreto Department in the …

A deeper understanding of the mechanisms underlying insecticide resistance is needed to
mitigate its threat to malaria vector control. Following previously identified associations …

Malaria is a vector-borne disease that involves multiple parasite species in a variety of
ecological settings. However, the parasite species causing the disease, the prevalence of …

Molecular epidemiology leverages genetic information to study the risk factors that affect the
frequency and distribution of malaria cases. This article describes molecular epidemiologic …

Abstract Background Malaria transmission in Latin America is generally hypoendemic and
unstable, with Plasmodium vivax as the most prevalent species. However, only a few studies …