Asymptomatic and submicroscopic carriage of plasmodium knowlesi malaria in household and community members of clinical cases in sabah, Malaysia

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 212, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 784-787

  Fornace, Kimberly M ^a   Nuin, Nor Afizah ^c   Betson, Martha ^b   Grigg, Matthew J ^d   William, Timothy ^d,e,f   Anstey, Nicholas M ^d   Yeo, Tsin W ^d   Cox, Jonathan ^a   Ying, Lau Tiek ^c   Drakeley, Chris J ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SABAH   (Malaysia)

^d MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^e Clinical Research Centre   (Malaysia)

^f Jesselton Medical Centre   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic parasitemia; Malaria; Plasmodium knowlesi; Submicroscopic infection

Indexed keywords

SINGLE STRANDED RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALAYSIA; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MIXED INFECTION; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM KNOWLESI MALARIA; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE INFECTION; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBMICROSCOPIC CARRIAGE; FAMILY SIZE; HETEROZYGOTE; MALARIA; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM KNOWLESI; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CARRIER STATE; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMODIUM KNOWLESI; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84958592196     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiv475     Document Type: Article

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