The Incidence and Differential Seasonal Patterns of Plasmodium vivax Primary Infections and Relapses in a Cohort of Children in Papua New Guinea.

• Main Authors: Amanda Ross (Author), Cristian Koepfli (Author), Sonja Schoepflin (Author), Lincoln Timinao (Author), Peter Siba (Author), Thomas Smith (Author), Ivo Mueller (Author), Ingrid Felger (Author), Marcel Tanner (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2016-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Plasmodium vivax has the ability to relapse from dormant parasites in the liver weeks or months after inoculation, causing further blood-stage infection and potential onward transmission. Estimates of the force of blood-stage infections arising from primary infections and relapses are important for...