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Estimating the probable cause of recurrence in Plasmodium vivax malaria: relapse, reinfection or recrudescence?

2018-12-25

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<h4>Background: </h4> Relapse of Plasmodium vivax infection is the main cause of vivax malaria in many parts of Asia. However at the individual patient level, recurrence of a blood stage infection following treatment within the endemic area can be either a relapse (from dormant liver-stage parasites), a recrudescence (blood-stage treatment failure), or a reinfection (following a new mosquito inoculation). Each req...

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e6db1543-e6e3-5bbe-a73d-9d95a51def4e
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10.1101/505594
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