Nature Communications (Jul 2021)
The epidemiology of Plasmodium vivax among adults in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Nicholas F. Brazeau,
- Cedar L. Mitchell,
- Andrew P. Morgan,
- Molly Deutsch-Feldman,
- Oliver John Watson,
- Kyaw L. Thwai,
- Pere Gelabert,
- Lucy van Dorp,
- Corinna Y. Keeler,
- Andreea Waltmann,
- Michael Emch,
- Valerie Gartner,
- Ben Redelings,
- Gregory A. Wray,
- Melchior K. Mwandagalirwa,
- Antoinette K. Tshefu,
- Joris L. Likwela,
- Jessie K. Edwards,
- Robert Verity,
- Jonathan B. Parr,
- Steven R. Meshnick,
- Jonathan J. Juliano
Affiliations
- Nicholas F. Brazeau
- Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina
- Cedar L. Mitchell
- Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina
- Andrew P. Morgan
- Medical Scientist Training Program, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina
- Molly Deutsch-Feldman
- Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina
- Oliver John Watson
- Medical Research Council Centre for Outbreak Analysis and Modelling, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London
- Kyaw L. Thwai
- Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina
- Pere Gelabert
- UCL Genetics Institute, University College London
- Lucy van Dorp
- UCL Genetics Institute, University College London
- Corinna Y. Keeler
- Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina
- Andreea Waltmann
- Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina
- Michael Emch
- Department of Geography, University of North Carolina
- Valerie Gartner
- Department of Biology, Duke University
- Ben Redelings
- Department of Biology, Duke University
- Gregory A. Wray
- Department of Biology, Duke University
- Melchior K. Mwandagalirwa
- Kinshasa School of Public Health
- Antoinette K. Tshefu
- Kinshasa School of Public Health
- Joris L. Likwela
- Programme National de la Lutte Contre le Paludisme
- Jessie K. Edwards
- Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina
- Robert Verity
- Medical Research Council Centre for Outbreak Analysis and Modelling, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London
- Jonathan B. Parr
- Division of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina
- Steven R. Meshnick
- Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina
- Jonathan J. Juliano
- Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24216-3
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 12,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 10
Abstract
Plasmodium vivax generally accounts for a low proportion of malaria cases in Africa, but population-level data on the distribution of infections is limited. Here, the authors use data from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and show that the prevalence is low (~3%) and diffusely spread.
