Declining malaria parasite prevalence and trends of asymptomatic parasitaemia in a seasonal transmission setting in north-western Burkina Faso between 2000 and 2009-2012

Malaria Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Geiger, Carolin ^a   Agustar, Hani Kartini ^a   Compaoré, Guillaume ^b   Coulibaly, Boubacar ^b   Sié, Ali ^b   Becher, Heiko ^a   Lanzer, Michael ^a   Jänisch, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b Centre de Recherche en Santé À Nouna   (Burkina Faso)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic parasitaemia; Burkina Faso; Clinical malaria; Malaria; Mixed infections; Parasite density; Parasite prevalence; Plasmodium falciparum; Seasonal transmission; Transmission

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BURKINA FASO; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE INFECTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; BURKINA FASO; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALARIA; MALE; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM; PREVALENCE; SEASONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872457184     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-12-27     Document Type: Article

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