Defining the next generation of Plasmodium vivax diagnostic tests for control and elimination: Target product profiles.

• Main Authors: Xavier C Ding (Author), Maria Paz Ade (Author), J Kevin Baird (Author), Qin Cheng (Author), Jane Cunningham (Author), Mehul Dhorda (Author), Chris Drakeley (Author), Ingrid Felger (Author), Dionicia Gamboa (Author), Matthias Harbers (Author), Socrates Herrera (Author), Naomi Lucchi (Author), Alfredo Mayor (Author), Ivo Mueller (Author), Jetsumon Sattabongkot (Author), Arsène Ratsimbason (Author), Jack Richards (Author), Marcel Tanner (Author), Iveth J González (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The global prevalence of malaria has decreased over the past fifteen years, but similar gains have not been realized against Plasmodium vivax because this species is less responsive to conventional malaria control interventions aimed principally at P. falciparum. Approximately half of all malaria ca...