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Review
. 2021 Apr 23;18(4):e1003494.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1003494. eCollection 2021 Apr.

Towards the elimination of Plasmodium vivax malaria: Implementing the radical cure

Kamala Thriemer  1 , Benedikt Ley  1 , Lorenz von Seidlein  2   3
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Review

Towards the elimination of Plasmodium vivax malaria: Implementing the radical cure

Kamala Thriemer et al. PLoS Med. .

Abstract

In this review for the Vivax malaria collection, Kamala Thriemer and colleagues explore efforts to eliminate P. vivax malaria.

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Conflict of interest statement

I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests:LvS is an Academic Editor on PLOS Medicine’s editorial board. The authors KT and BL have declared no competing interests.

Figures

Fig 1
Fig 1. Number of P. falciparum and P. vivax cases detected between 1995 to 2016 in the refugee and migrant clinics in the Shoklo Maria Research Unit (SMRU), Thailand. P. falciparum is indicated in blue and P. vivax in red.
A range of interventions (Figure provided by Cindy Chu [2]).
Fig 2
Fig 2. Monthly malaria cases reported by Cambodian National Malaria Control Programme CNMCP information system between 2017–2019 [3].
The number of rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) increased while the number of diagnosed cases dropped.
See this image and copyright information in PMC

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