Submicroscopic Plasmodium prevalence in relation to malaria incidence in 20 villages in western Cambodia

Malaria Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 1-12

  Tripura, Rupam ^a,b   Peto, Thomas J ^a,c   Veugen, Christianne C ^b   Nguon, Chea ^d   Davoeung, Chan ^e   James, Nicola ^f   Dhorda, Mehul ^a   Maude, Richard J ^a,c,g   Duanguppama, Jureeporn ^a   Patumrat, Krittaya ^a   Imwong, Mallika ^a   Von Seidlein, Lorenz ^a,c   Grobusch, Martin P ^b   White, Nicholas J ^a,c   Dondorp, Arjen M ^a,c  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d National Center for Parasitology Entomology and Malaria Control   (Cambodia)

^e Provincial Health Department   (Cambodia)

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

^g HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic; Cambodia; Malaria; Plasmodium Falciparum; Plasmodium vivax; Sub clinical; Sub microscopic; uPCR

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAMBODIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALARIA RAPID TEST; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MIGRATION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITOSIS; PHYLOGENY; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SEX; TRAVEL; VENOUS BLOOD; VOLUNTEER; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION; INCIDENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTIONS; CAMBODIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALARIA, VIVAX; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85011356014     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12936-017-1703-5     Document Type: Article

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