Contrasting Transmission Dynamics of Co-endemic Plasmodium vivax and P. falciparum: Implications for Malaria Control and Elimination.

• Main Authors: Rintis Noviyanti (Author), Farah Coutrier (Author), Retno A S Utami (Author), Hidayat Trimarsanto (Author), Yusrifar K Tirta (Author), Leily Trianty (Author), Andreas Kusuma (Author), Inge Sutanto (Author), Ayleen Kosasih (Author), Rita Kusriastuti (Author), William A Hawley (Author), Ferdinand Laihad (Author), Neil Lobo (Author), Jutta Marfurt (Author), Taane G Clark (Author), Ric N Price (Author), Sarah Auburn (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Outside of Africa, P. falciparum and P. vivax usually coexist. In such co-endemic regions, successful malaria control programs have a greater impact on reducing falciparum malaria, resulting in P. vivax becoming the predominant species of infection. Adding to the challenges of elimination, the dorma...