Persistent transmission of Plasmodium malariae and Plasmodium ovale species in an area of declining Plasmodium falciparum transmission in eastern Tanzania.

• Main Authors: Victor Yman (Author), Grace Wandell (Author), Doreen D Mutemi (Author), Aurelie Miglar (Author), Muhammad Asghar (Author), Ulf Hammar (Author), Mattias Karlsson (Author), Ingrid Lind (Author), Cleis Nordfjell (Author), Ingegerd Rooth (Author), Billy Ngasala (Author), Manijeh Vafa Homann (Author), Anna Färnert (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2019-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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A reduction in the global burden of malaria over the past two decades has encouraged efforts for regional malaria elimination. Despite the need to target all Plasmodium species, current focus is mainly directed towards Plasmodium falciparum, and to a lesser extent P. vivax. There is a substantial la...