The epidemiology of subclinical malaria infections in South-East Asia: Findings from cross-sectional surveys in Thailand-Myanmar border areas, Cambodia, and Vietnam

Malaria Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Imwong, Mallika ^a   Nguyen, Thuy Nhien ^b   Tripura, Rupam ^a   Peto, Tom J ^a   Lee, Sue J ^a,e   Lwin, Khin Maung ^a   Suangkanarat, Preyanan ^a   Jeeyapant, Atthanee ^a   Vihokhern, Benchawan ^a   Wongsaen, Klanarong ^k   Van Hue, Dao ^c   Dong, Le Thanh ^d   Nguyen, Tam Uyen ^b   Lubell, Yoel ^a   Von Seidlein, Lorenz ^a,e   Dhorda, Mehul ^a   Promnarate, Cholrawee ^a   Snounou, Georges ^f,g   Malleret, Benoit ^h,i   Rénia, Laurent ^h   Keereecharoen, Lilly ^a   Singhasivanon, Pratap ^a   Sirithiranont, Pasathorn ^a   Chalk, Jem ^a   Nguon, Chea ^j   Hien, Tran Tinh ^b,e   Day, Nicholas ^a,e   White, Nicholas J ^a,e   Dondorp, Arjen ^a,e   Nosten, Francois ^a,e   more..

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b OXFORD UNIVERSITY CLINICAL RESEARCH UNIT   (Viet Nam)

^c Center for Malariology Parasitology and Entomology Control   (Viet Nam)

^d Institute of Malariology Parasitology and Entomology   (Viet Nam)

^e CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^g INSERM   (France)

^h AGENCY FOR SCIENCE   (Singapore)

ⁱ NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^j National Center for Parasitology Entomology and Malaria Control   (Cambodia)

^k ARMED FORCES RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Thailand)

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Author keywords

Cambodia; Epidemiology; Greater Mekong Sub region; Malaria; Myanmar; P. falciparum; P. vivax; South East Asia; Sub microscopic; Thailand; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

ARTESUNATE; CHLOROQUINE; DIHYDROARTEMISININ PLUS PIPERAQUINE; MEFLOQUINE; PYRIMETHAMINE PLUS SULFADOXINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VOLUME; CAMBODIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MIXED INFECTION; MYANMAR; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PREVALENCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND; VIET NAM; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTIONS; CHILD; INFANT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA; MALE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84942908365     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12936-015-0906-x     Document Type: Article

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