Key knowledge gaps for Plasmodium vivax control and elimination

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 95, Issue , 2016, Pages 62-71

  Bassat, Quique ^a,b   Velarde, Mar ^a   Mueller, Ivo ^c   Lin, Jessica ^d   Leslie, Toby ^e,f   Wongsrichanalai, Chansuda ^g   Baird, J Kevin ^h,i  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Manhiça Health Research Center   (Mozambique)

^c WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^f Health Protection and Research Organisation   (Afghanistan)

^g Eijkman Oxford Clinical Research Unit ^*  (Thailand)

^h OXFORD UNIVERSITY CLINICAL RESEARCH UNIT   (Viet Nam)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

8 AMINOQUINOLINE DERIVATIVE; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; CYTOCHROME P450 2D6;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SCREENING; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ERYTHROCYTE; GLOBAL DISEASE BURDEN; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; MALARIA CONTROL; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; REINFECTION; RELAPSE; RETICULOCYTE; REVIEW; SPLEEN; VECTOR CONTROL; VULNERABLE POPULATION; ANIMAL; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; INSECT VECTOR; MALARIA, VIVAX; METABOLISM; MOSQUITO; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANIMALS; CULICIDAE; CYTOCHROME P-450 CYP2D6; GLOBAL HEALTH; GLUCOSEPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MALARIA, VIVAX; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 85014635700     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.16-0180     Document Type: Review

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