Epidemiology of subpatent Plasmodium falciparum infection: Implications for detection of hotspots with imperfect diagnostics

Malaria Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Mosha, Jacklin F ^a   Sturrock, Hugh Jw ^b   Greenhouse, Bryan ^c   Greenwood, Brian ^d   Sutherland, Colin J ^d   Gadalla, Nahla ^d   Atwal, Sharan ^d   Drakeley, Chris ^d   Kibiki, Gibson ^e   Bousema, Teun ^d,f   Chandramohan, Daniel ^d   Gosling, Roly ^b  

^a National Institute for Medical Research (Mwanza Branch)   (Tanzania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^e KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Tanzania)

^f RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Household Exposure; Parasite Density; Plasmodium Falciparum; Spatial Distribution

Indexed keywords

RNA 18S;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; DRIED BLOOD SPOT TESTING; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT; INVERSE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MOSQUITO; PARASITE DENSITY; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RAPID DIAGNOSTIC TEST; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; TANZANIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTIONS; BLOOD; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITE LOAD; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TANZANIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879494667     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-12-221     Document Type: Article

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