Taking on Plasmodium vivax malaria: A timely and important challenge

Lorenz von Seidlein; Nicholas J. White

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1003593

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Taking on Plasmodium vivax malaria: A timely and important challenge

Lorenz von Seidlein ,

* E-mail: Lorenz@tropmedes.ac

Affiliations Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0282-6469

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Nicholas J. White

Affiliations Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1897-1978

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Taking on Plasmodium vivax malaria: A timely and important challenge

Lorenz von Seidlein,
Nicholas J. White

Published: April 23, 2021
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003593

About the Authors

Lorenz von Seidlein

* E-mail: Lorenz@tropmedes.ac

Affiliations Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0282-6469

Nicholas J. White

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1897-1978

Competing Interests

LvS and NJW are members of the PLoS Medicine editorial board.

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