Plasmodium vivax Transmission in Africa.

• Published in: PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
• Main Authors: Rosalind E Howes, Robert C Reiner, Katherine E Battle, Joshua Longbottom, Bonnie Mappin, Dariya Ordanovich, Andrew J Tatem, Chris Drakeley, Peter W Gething, Peter A Zimmerman, David L Smith, Simon I Hay
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015
• Subjects: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; Traveller
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004222; https://doaj.org/article/0022f52489fc4fafb1b27e1ecd1eb78c

Malaria in sub-Saharan Africa has historically been almost exclusively attributed to Plasmodium falciparum (Pf). Current diagnostic and surveillance systems in much of sub-Saharan Africa are not designed to identify or report non-Pf human malaria infections accurately, resulting in a dearth of routi...