High heterogeneity of malaria transmission and a large sub-patent and diverse reservoir of infection in Wusab As Safil district, Republic of Yemen

Malaria Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Cook, Jackie ^a   Grignard, Lynn ^a   Al Eryani, Samira ^b   Al Selwei, Mustafa ^c   Mnzava, Abraham ^d   Al Yarie, Hafed ^c   Rand, Alison ^a   Kleinschmidt, Immo ^a   Drakeley, Chris ^a  

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

^b SANA A UNIVERSITY   (Yemen)

^c Ministry of Public Health and Population   (Yemen)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Heterogeneity; Heterozygosity; Malaria transmission; Molecular; Multiplicity of infection; PCR

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE INFECTION; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS CARRIER; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; YEMEN; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; IMMUNOAFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; INFANT; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TRANSMISSION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCHROMATOGRAPHY; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YEMEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84964433269     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12936-016-1249-y     Document Type: Article

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