Abstract
Malaria caused by Plasmodium vivax is the most widely distributed malaria form in the world. Worldwide, 2.5 billion people are at risk of Plasmodium vivax infection, with 8.5 million cases worldwide in 2015. P. vivax has several unique biological characteristics, such as: exclusive preference for reticulocyte infection, the production of sex stages (gametocytes) observed in peripheral blo…