Abstract
Each year, the malaria parasite, Plasmodium vivax infects 70 to 80 million people worldwide. In Brazil, P. vivax is responsible for 83.6% of malaria cases, being considered as the most frequent species of plasmodium in the country. Unlike Plasmodium falciparum, infections caused by P. vivax are rarely lethal. However, P. vivax has a significant impact on the productivity of local populati…