Multi-locus genotyping reveals established endemicity of a geographically distinct Plasmodium vivax population in Mauritania, West Africa.
Hampate BaSarah AuburnChristopher G JacobSonia GoncalvesCraig W DuffyLindsay B StewartRichard N PriceYacine Boubou DehMamadou Yero DialloAbderahmane TandiaDominic P KwiatkowskiDavid J ConwayPublished in: PLoS neglected tropical diseases (2020)
The molecular epidemiology indicates that there is long-standing endemic transmission that will be very challenging to eliminate. The virtual absence of drug resistance alleles suggests that most infections have been untreated, and that this endemic infection has been more neglected in comparison to P. vivax elsewhere.