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Plasmodium vivax transmission in Africa
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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 routine epidemiological data about their significance. The high prevalence of Duffy negativity provided a rationale for excluding the possibility of Plasmodium vivax (Pv) transmission. However, review o...
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- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004222
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Howes, R
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R01 AI097366
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- Public Library of Science Publisher's website
- Journal:
- PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases Journal website
- Volume:
- 9
- Issue:
- 11
- Article number:
- e0004222
- Publication date:
- 2015-01-01
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1935-2735
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574801
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- 2015
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- Copyright © 2015 Howes et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited
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- CC Attribution (CC BY)
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