bone marrow; elimination; eradication; hypnozoite; malaria; Plasmodium cynomolgi; Plasmodium vivax; recrudescence; recurrence; relapse

The two links below did not come up in the original "Comment" on a paper but should do so in this "Blog" version, which appears in full below. It was speculated in detail for the first time in two recent publications (particularly the second one) that in addition to a hypnozoite origin of relapse-like vivax recurrences, parasites in bone marrow might be a source. (Link to first paper). (Link to second paper).