Marked rise in the prevalence of asymptomatic Plasmodium falciparum infection in Rural Gabon

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2016, Pages

  Pegha Moukandja, Irène ^a,b   Biteghe Bi Essone, Jean Claude ^a,b   Sagara, Issaka ^d   Kassa Kassa, Roland Fabrice ^a   Ondzaga, Julien ^a   Lékana Douki, Jean Bernard ^a,b,c   Bouyou Akotet, Marielle ^c   Nkoghe Mba, Dieudonne ^a   Ndouo, Fousseyni S Touré ^a,e  

^a Ecole Doctorale Régionale ^*  (Gabon)

^b Ecole Doctorale Régionale D Afrique Centrale en Infectiologie Tropicale   (Gabon)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DES SCIENCES DE LA SANTÉ   (Gabon)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BAMAKO   (Mali)

^e CENTRE INTERNATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉDICALES DE FRANCEVILLE   (Gabon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE; PROTOZOAL DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; GABON; GAMETOCYTE; HUMAN; INSECTICIDE TREATED NET; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RURAL AREA; SELF MEDICATION; AGED; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; RURAL POPULATION; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; GABON; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84971237977     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0153899     Document Type: Article

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