School-age children are a reservoir of malaria infection in Malawi

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2015, Pages

  Walldorf, Jenny A ^a   Cohee, Lauren M ^a   Coalson, Jenna E ^b   Bauleni, Andy ^c   Nkanaunena, Kondwani ^c   Kapito Tembo, Atupele ^c   Seydel, Karl B ^d   Ali, Doreen ^e   Mathanga, Don ^c   Taylor, Terrie E ^d   Valim, Clarissa ^f   Laufer, Miriam K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Malawi)

^f HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION; BED NET; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALAWI; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOCIAL STATUS; ADULT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA; MALAWI; MALE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 84941730019     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0134061     Document Type: Article

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