Numerical Distributions of Parasite Densities during Asymptomatic Malaria

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 213, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1322-1329

  Imwong, Mallika ^a,b   Stepniewska, Kasia ^d,e   Tripura, Rupam ^a   Peto, Thomas J ^a   Lwin, Khin Maung ^a   Vihokhern, Benchawan ^a   Wongsaen, Klanarong ^a   Von Seidlein, Lorenz ^a,d   Dhorda, Mehul ^c   Snounou, Georges ^f,g   Keereecharoen, Lilly ^a   Singhasivanon, Pratap ^a   Sirithiranont, Pasathorn ^a   Chalk, Jem ^a   Nguon, Chea ^h   Day, Nicholas P J ^a,d   Nosten, Francois ^a,d   Dondorp, Arjen ^a,d   White, Nicholas J ^a,d  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b Department of Molecular Tropical Medicine and Genetics ^*  (Thailand)

^c Sorbonne Paris Cité   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^g CNRS   (France)

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

Author keywords

asymptomatic parasitemia; malaria; PCR; Plasmodium falciparum; Plasmodium vivax

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION; ASYMPTOMATIC MALARIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; POPULATION DENSITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; CHILD; INFANT; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALARIA, VIVAX; PARASITEMIA; PARASITOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOUTHEAST ASIA; YOUNG ADULT;

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

EID: 84962462090     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiv596     Document Type: Article

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