Hidden reservoir of resistant parasites: The missing link in the elimination of falciparum malaria

Infectious Diseases of Poverty

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Abdul Ghani, Rashad ^a,b   Mahdy, Mohammed A K ^a,b   Beier, John C ^c   Basco, Leonardo K ^d  

^a SANA A UNIVERSITY   (Yemen)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Yemen)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Drug resistance; Elimination; Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum; Submicroscopic infection

Indexed keywords

ARTEMISININ; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT;

ANTIMALARIAL DRUG RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE ELIMINATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; INSECTICIDE TREATED NET; LOOP MEDIATED ISOTHERMAL AMPLIFICATION; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ZOONOSIS; ANIMAL; DISEASE ERADICATION; DRUG EFFECTS; DRUG RESISTANCE; HUMAN; PARASITOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; DISEASE ERADICATION; DRUG RESISTANCE; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 85011665568     PISSN: 20955162     EISSN: 20499957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40249-016-0227-5     Document Type: Article

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