Malaria transmission structure in the Peruvian Amazon through antibody signatures to Plasmodium vivax.

Jason Rosado Gabriel Carrasco-Escobar Oscar Nolasco Katherine GarroHugo Rodriguez-FerruciMitchel Guzman-Guzman Alejandro Llanos-Cuentas Joseph Michael VinetzNarimane NekkabMichael T WhiteIvo MuellerDionicia Gamboa

Published in: PLoS neglected tropical diseases (2022)

The large number of current and past infections detected by SEMs allows for detailed local epidemiological analyses, in contrast to data from qPCR prevalence surveys which did not produce statistically significant associations. Serological surveillance will be increasingly important in the Peruvian Amazon as malaria transmission is reduced by continued control and elimination efforts.

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plasmodium falciparum
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