Molecular evidence of high rates of asymptomatic P. vivax infection and very low P. falciparum malaria in Botswana

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Motshoge, Thato ^a,d   Ababio, Grace K ^b   Aleksenko, Larysa ^c   Read, John ^d   Peloewetse, Elias ^d   Loeto, Mazhani ^d   Mosweunyane, Tjantilili ^a   Moakofhi, Kentse ^e   Ntebele, Davies S ^a   Chihanga, Simon ^a   Motlaleng, Mpho ^a   Chinorumba, Anderson ^a   Vurayai, Moses ^a   Pernica, Jeffrey M ^f   Paganotti, Giacomo M ^g,h   Quaye, Isaac K ^c  

^a Department of HIV AIDS Prevention and Care   (Botswana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAMIBIA   (Namibia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

^e WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^f MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g BOTSWANA UPENN PARTNERSHIP   (Botswana)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic plasmodium vivax; Botswana

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BOTSWANA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PLASMODIUM OVALE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION; ERYTHROCYTE; FOLLOW UP; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALARIA; METABOLISM; ODDS RATIO; PARASITOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

PROTOZOAL DNA; RNA 18S;

ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTIONS; BOTSWANA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALARIA, VIVAX; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PLASMODIUM OVALE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S;

EID: 84988942828     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12879-016-1857-8     Document Type: Article

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