Infectivity of Microscopic and Submicroscopic Malaria Parasite Infections in Areas of Low Malaria Endemicity

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 213, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1516-1517

  Gonçalves, Bronner P ^a   Drakeley, Chris ^a   Bousema, Teun ^b  

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

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY INTERVENTION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GAMETOCYTE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LETTER; MALARIA CONTROL; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MEDICAL CARE; MICROSCOPY; MYANMAR; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; THAILAND; ZOONOSIS; ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; PARASITEMIA; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 84971631275     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiw044     Document Type: Letter

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