No asymptomatic malaria parasitaemia found among 108 young children at one health facility in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Malaria Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Strøm, Gro Ea ^a,b,c   Tellevik, Marit G ^b   Fataki, Maulidi ^c,d   Langeland, Nina ^a   Blomberg, Bjørn ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^d MUHIMBILI NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic infection; Dried blood spots; Malaria

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION; ASYMPTOMATIC MALARIA PARASITEMIA; CLINICAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DNA EXTRACTION; DRIED BLOOD SPOT TESTING; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL GENOME; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TANZANIA;

ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTIONS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; DNA, PROTOZOAN; HEALTH FACILITIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA; MALE; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; TANZANIA;

EID: 84887400552     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-12-417     Document Type: Article

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