Asymptomatic carriage of plasmodium in urban Dakar: The risk of malaria should not be underestimated

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Diallo, Abdoulaye ^a,b   Ndam, Nicaise Tuikue ^a,b   Moussiliou, Azizath ^a   Santos, Stéphanie ^a,c   Ndonky, Alphousseyni ^c   Borderon, Marion ^d   Oliveau, Sébastien ^d   Lalou, Richard ^a   Hesran, Jean Yves ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CHEIKH ANTA DIOP   (Senegal)

^d University of Nice UMR 6012 ESPACE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MICROSCOPY; PLASMODIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; TRAVEL; AGED; AGING; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SENEGAL; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANIMALS; CARRIER STATE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITES; PLASMODIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTORS; SENEGAL; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857398221     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0031100     Document Type: Article

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