2016•American Journal of Tropical Medicine and HygieneOpen access

Diagnosis and Treatment of Plasmodium vivax Malaria

J. Kevin Baird, Neena Valecha, Stephan Duparc, Nicholas J. White, Ric N. Price

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The diagnosis and treatment of Plasmodium vivax malaria differs from that of Plasmodium falciparum malaria in fundamentally important ways. This article reviews the guiding principles, practices, and evidence underpinning the diagnosis and treatment of P. vivax malaria.

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Key concepts: Plasmodium vivax, Malaria, Plasmodium falciparum, Underpinning, Vivax malaria, Plasmodium (life cycle), Diagnosis of malaria, Primaquine