Funding agency: International Center of Excellence in Malaria Research (ICEMR). US Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIH/NIAID), USA (U19AI089681). Fogarty Training Grant (NIH-USA) (2D43TW007120-11A).; BACKGROUND: In the Peruvian Amazon, Plasmodium vivax malaria transmission is maintained due to the high frequency of recurrences. By under...