Malaria transmission structure in the Peruvian Amazon through antibody signatures to Plasmodium vivax
Rosado J, Carrasco-Escobar G, Nolasco O, Garro K, Rodriguez-Ferruci H, Guzman-Guzman M, Llanos-Cuentas A, Vinetz JM, Nekkab N, White MT, Mueller I, Gamboa D. Malaria transmission structure in the Peruvian Amazon through antibody signatures to Plasmodium vivax. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 2022, 16: e0010415. PMID: 35533146, PMCID: PMC9119515, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0010415.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSerological exposure markersP. vivaxMalaria transmissionAntibody levelsRecent exposureRoutine malaria surveillanceHigher antibody levelsCross-sectional surveyLight microscopySeropositive casesAntibody signaturesPast infectionRisk factorsPrevalence surveyHigher oddsMalaria surveillanceExposure markersElimination effortsSignificant associationSocio-DemographicEpidemiological analysisSerological surveillanceParticular epidemiologyLocal transmissionVivax