title: Malaria Eradication and the Hidden Parasite Reservoir.
abstract: Accumulation of erythrocytic parasites in bone marrow and the spleen has been reported in cases of Plasmodium vivax malaria. If this occurs commonly, these stages represent a possible source of early, relapse-like homologous recurrences. Moreover, they might hinder the elimination of malaria from human populations. Pertinent research suggestions have been made.
authors.affiliation: School of Animal, Plant, and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa; Wits Research Institute for Malaria, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. Electronic address: medsynth@yahoo.co.uk.
authors.forename: Miles B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Markus
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001854:Bone Marrow Cells / Q000469:parasitology; D002353:Carrier State / Q000469:parasitology*; D060740:Disease Eradication; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000469:parasitology*; D006801:Humans; D008018:Life Cycle Stages / Q000502:physiology; D008288:Malaria / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D010966:Plasmodium vivax / Q000502:physiology*; D012008:Recurrence; D013154:Spleen / Q000469:parasitology
keywords: Plasmodium cynomolgi; Plasmodium vivax; elimination; eradication; hypnozoite; relapse