Comparative detection of Plasmodium vivax DNA in saliva, urine and blood samples from plasmodium vivax malaria patients in Sudan

Abstract

Malaria is the most widespread infectious illness in the tropics and subtropics (1). Currently P.vivax is endemic across Asia, the south pacific, North Africa , Middle East , South and central America(2), and has lately recurred in regions where it had formerly been eliminated, including North America and Europe (3). .presently, an estimated 2.9 billion people live at risk of P.vivax infection (4). Research in malaria has been principally focused on P.falciparum, the most lethal form of malaria. However, P.vivax can also cause severe sickness with serious complications and expenses, particularly in children, in whom it has a major impact on growth