The changing epidemiology of Plasmodium vivax: Insights from conventional and novel surveillance tools

Sarah Auburn; Qin Cheng; Jutta Marfurt; Ric N Price

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1003560

The changing epidemiology of Plasmodium vivax: Insights from conventional and novel surveillance tools

PLoS Med. 2021 Apr 23;18(4):e1003560. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1003560. eCollection 2021 Apr.

Authors

Sarah Auburn^{1

2

3}, Qin Cheng^{4

5}, Jutta Marfurt¹, Ric N Price^{1

2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Global and Tropical Health Division, Menzies School of Health Research and Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Australia.
² Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
³ Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
⁴ Department of Drug Resistance and Diagnostics, Australian Defence Force Malaria and Infectious Disease Institute, Brisbane, Australia.
⁵ The Australian Defence Force Malaria and Infectious Disease Institute Laboratory, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia.

Abstract

Sarah Auburn and co-authors discuss the unique biology and epidemiology of P. vivax and current evidence on conventional and new approaches to surveillance.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review

MeSH terms

Epidemiological Monitoring*
Humans
Malaria, Vivax / epidemiology*
Plasmodium vivax / physiology*
Population Surveillance*

Abstract

Publication types

MeSH terms

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