High prevalence of sub-microscopic infections in Colombia

Malaria Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Vallejo, Andres F ^a   Chaparro, Pablo E ^b   Benavides, Yoldy ^c   Álvarez, Álvaro ^c   Quintero, Juan Pablo ^a   Padilla, Julio ^d   Arévalo Herrera, Myriam ^c,e,f   Herrera, Sócrates ^c,e  

^a Malaria Vaccine and Drug Development Center   (Colombia)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD   (Colombia)

^c Caucaseco Scientific Research Center   (Colombia)

^d Ministry of Social Protection   (Colombia)

^e Latin American Center for Malaria Research   (Colombia)

^f UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; CHILD; COLOMBIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MIXED INFECTION; NEWBORN; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; AGED; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTIONS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALARIA, VIVAX; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLOMBIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALARIA, VIVAX; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PREVALENCE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84929994403     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12936-015-0711-6     Document Type: Article

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