Background An accurate estimate of Plasmodium vivax prevalence is essential for the
successful implementation of malaria control and elimination programmes. Prevalence …

In the last 20 years measures of income inequality have increased and health performance
has slipped in China [1]. There is little concrete data on how these disparities are affecting …

Infectious diseases have been shown to disproportionately affect indigenous populations.
Tuberculosis (TB) and malaria continue to impose a significant burden on humanity and are …

Isolated Indigenous peoples are a group of Indigenous tribes that live in voluntary isolation
in remote and mostly inaccessible territories. Together with Indigenous peoples in initial …

Malaria has been endemic to Andaman and Nicobar Archipelago for over a century.
However, the cases were observed to decline during the past few years. Plasmodium vivax …

Many isolated populations of tribal peoples were nearly destroyed when they first contacted
infectious diseases particularly respiratory pathogens such as measles and smallpox …

Malaria is a serious public health problem in India. Most of the malaria cases are reported
from the tribal areas. Districts with 30% or more tribal population comprising about eight …

Communicable diseases are known to exist since as early as humankind's huntergatherer
days. Around 12,000 years ago, during the Neolithic period, human activities and …

Duffy protein is expressed on the human erythrocytes acts as receptor for chemokines and
malaria parasite, Plasmodium vivax. Duffy receptor protein of human erythrocytes binds with …

BACKGROUND: Malaria is the most important protozoan disease in India. The mortality and
morbidity associated with this disease is considerably high whereas only limited diagnostic …