Asymptomatic Plasmodium infections in 18 villages of southern Savannakhet Province, Lao PDR (Laos)

Malaria Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Phommasone, Koukeo ^a   Adhikari, Bipin ^b   Henriques, Gisela ^b   Pongvongsa, Tiengkham ^c   Phongmany, Panom ^c   Von Seidlein, Lorenz ^b,d   White, Nicholas J ^b,d   Day, Nicholas P J ^b,d   M Dondorp, Arjen ^b,d   Newton, Paul N ^a,d   Imwong, Mallika ^b   Mayxay, Mayfong ^a,d,e  

^a MAHOSOT HOSPITAL   (Laos)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c Savannakhet Provincial Health Department   (Thailand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Laos)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic; Lao PDR; Prevalence; RDT; uPCR

Indexed keywords

ARTEMISININ; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMISIN; ARTEMISININ DERIVATIVE; LACTONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANTIMALARIAL DRUG SUSCEPTIBILITY; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAOS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA CONTROL; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; RAPID TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTIONS; DRUG RESISTANCE; IMMUNOAFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALARIA; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RURAL POPULATION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISININS; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTIONS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCHROMATOGRAPHY; LACTONES; LAOS; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PREVALENCE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RURAL POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84970990759     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12936-016-1336-0     Document Type: Article

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