High prevalence of asymptomatic malaria in south-eastern Bangladesh

Malaria Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Starzengruber, Peter ^a,b,c   Fuehrer, Hans Peter ^a,b,d   Ley, Benedikt ^a,b   Thriemer, Kamala ^a,b   Swoboda, Paul ^a,b   Habler, Verena Elisabeth ^a,b   Jung, Mariella ^a,b   Graninger, Wolfgang ^c   Khan, Wasif A ^e   Haque, Rashidul ^e   Noedl, Harald ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b MARIB   (Bangladesh)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^e INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic; Bangladesh; Malaria; Microscopy; PCR; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION; BANGLADESH; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GIEMSA STAIN; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MICROSCOPE; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; MIXED INFECTION; PARASITE DENSITY; PARASITE PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE INFECTION; PLASMODIUM OVALE; PLASMODIUM OVALE MALARIA; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RAPID DIAGNOSTIC TEST; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY TEST KIT; SPLEEN; SPLENOMEGALY; VITAL SIGN; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTIONS; BANGLADESH; BLOOD; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SEASONS; SPLENOMEGALY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892185545     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-13-16     Document Type: Article

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