Comparison of the vivax research recommendations of three malaria research and control policy documents.

Vivax research emphases and recommendations of the 2008 NIH/NIAID “Research Agenda for Malaria” [19] and the Roll Back Malaria “Global Malaria Action Plan” [20] are shown compared to those of the vivax malaria research community gathered at the “Vivax Malaria Research III: 2009 and Beyond” conference in Panama, May 2009. P. vivax research and development recommendations are eagerly awaited from the Bill and Melinda Gates Malaria Eradication Research Agenda. RDT, rapid diagnostic test.