Transmission dynamics of co-endemic Plasmodium vivax and P. falciparum in Ethiopia and prevalence of antimalarial resistant genotypes.

• Main Authors: Eugenia Lo (Author), Elizabeth Hemming-Schroeder (Author), Delenasaw Yewhalaw (Author), Jennifer Nguyen (Author), Estifanos Kebede (Author), Endalew Zemene (Author), Sisay Getachew (Author), Kora Tushune (Author), Daibin Zhong (Author), Guofa Zhou (Author), Beyene Petros (Author), Guiyun Yan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017-07-01T00:00:00Z.
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Ethiopia is one of the few African countries where Plasmodium vivax is co-endemic with P. falciparum. Malaria transmission is seasonal and transmission intensity varies mainly by landscape and climate. Although the recent emergence of drug resistant parasites presents a major issue to malaria contro...