Multidrug-Resistant Plasmodium vivax Associated with Severe and Fatal Malaria: A Prospective Study in Papua, Indonesia

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Authors

Emiliana Tjitra · Ministry of Health

Nicholas M. Anstey · Charles Darwin University

Paulus Sugiarto

Noah Warikar

Enny Kenangalem · State University of Papua

Muhammad Karyana · Ministry of Health

Daniel A. Lampah · State University of Papua

Ric N. Price

Abstract

In this region with established high-grade chloroquine resistance to both Pv and Pf, Pv is associated with severe and fatal malaria particularly in young children. The epidemiology of P. vivax needs to be re-examined elsewhere where chloroquine resistance is increasing.

Topics & Keywords

Malaria Research and Control Mosquito-borne diseases and control Vector-borne infectious diseases

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: PLoS Medicine

Volume 5, Issue 6, pp. e128-e128

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050128

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