Abstract
In a linked Perspective, Roly Gosling and Michelle Hsiang discuss the importance of non-falciparum malaria species to regional and global health. Please see later in the article for the Editors' Summary
Highlights
P. falciparum receives the most attention because it causes the most deaths, largely in Africa, despite P. vivax being the most geographically widespread species of human malaria
This Perspective discusses the following new study published in PLOS Medicine: Douglas NM, Lampah DA, Kenangalem E, Simpson JA, Poespoprodjo JR, et al (2013) Major Burden of Severe Anemia from Non-Falciparum Malaria Species in Southern Papua: A HospitalBased Surveillance Study
Ric Price and colleagues use hospital-based surveillance data to estimate the risk of severe anemia and mortality associated with endemic Plasmodium species in southern Papua, Indonesia
Summary
P. falciparum receives the most attention because it causes the most deaths, largely in Africa, despite P. vivax being the most geographically widespread species of human malaria. More than 2 billion people are at risk of contracting P. vivax, stretching from Latin America, northern Africa, Arabia, Central Europe, to Asia and the Pacific [2]. It is substantially harder to control than P. falciparum, because a wider variety of Anopheles species with varied habits spread the infection; and because the. The Perspective section is for experts to discuss the clinical practice or public health implications of a published study that is freely available online
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