Plasmodium vivax Transmission in Africa.

• Main Authors: Rosalind E Howes (Author), Robert C Reiner (Author), Katherine E Battle (Author), Joshua Longbottom (Author), Bonnie Mappin (Author), Dariya Ordanovich (Author), Andrew J Tatem (Author), Chris Drakeley (Author), Peter W Gething (Author), Peter A Zimmerman (Author), David L Smith (Author), Simon I Hay (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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 routi...