The global burden of Plasmodium vivax malaria is obscure and insidious

PLoS Med. 2021 Oct 7;18(10):e1003799. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1003799. eCollection 2021 Oct.

Abstract

J. Kevin Baird and colleagues, examine and discuss the estimated global burden of vivax malaria and it's biological, clinical, and public health complexity.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cost of Illness*
  • Geography
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Internationality*
  • Malaria, Vivax / epidemiology*
  • Malaria, Vivax / genetics
  • Malaria, Vivax / parasitology
  • Parasites / physiology
  • Plasmodium vivax / physiology*
  • Public Health
  • Risk Factors
  • Uncertainty

Grants and funding

The authors received no specific funding for the work represented in the manuscript.