Plasmodium vivax Prevalence in Semiarid Region of Northern Kenya, 2019

In urban and rural areas of Turkana County, Kenya, we found that 2% of household members of patients with Plasmodium falciparum infections were infected with P. vivax. Enhanced surveillance of P. vivax and increased clinical resources are needed to inform control measures and identify and manage P....

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Autores principales: O’Meara, Wendy Prudhomme, Maraga, Linda, Meredith, Hannah, Esimit, Daniel, Lokoel, Gilchrist, Chepkwony, Tabitha, Kipkoech, Joseph, Ambani, George, Menya, Diana, Freedman, Elizabeth, Taylor, Steve, Obala, Andrew
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Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2023
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Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10617362/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37779220
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2911.230299
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author O’Meara, Wendy Prudhomme
Maraga, Linda
Meredith, Hannah
Esimit, Daniel
Lokoel, Gilchrist
Chepkwony, Tabitha
Kipkoech, Joseph
Ambani, George
Menya, Diana
Freedman, Elizabeth
Taylor, Steve
Obala, Andrew
author_facet O’Meara, Wendy Prudhomme
Maraga, Linda
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Esimit, Daniel
Lokoel, Gilchrist
Chepkwony, Tabitha
Kipkoech, Joseph
Ambani, George
Menya, Diana
Freedman, Elizabeth
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description In urban and rural areas of Turkana County, Kenya, we found that 2% of household members of patients with Plasmodium falciparum infections were infected with P. vivax. Enhanced surveillance of P. vivax and increased clinical resources are needed to inform control measures and identify and manage P. vivax infections.
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spelling pubmed-106173622023-11-01 Plasmodium vivax Prevalence in Semiarid Region of Northern Kenya, 2019 O’Meara, Wendy Prudhomme Maraga, Linda Meredith, Hannah Esimit, Daniel Lokoel, Gilchrist Chepkwony, Tabitha Kipkoech, Joseph Ambani, George Menya, Diana Freedman, Elizabeth Taylor, Steve Obala, Andrew Emerg Infect Dis Research Letter In urban and rural areas of Turkana County, Kenya, we found that 2% of household members of patients with Plasmodium falciparum infections were infected with P. vivax. Enhanced surveillance of P. vivax and increased clinical resources are needed to inform control measures and identify and manage P. vivax infections. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2023-11 /pmc/articles/PMC10617362/ /pubmed/37779220 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2911.230299 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Emerging Infectious Diseases is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
spellingShingle Research Letter
O’Meara, Wendy Prudhomme
Maraga, Linda
Meredith, Hannah
Esimit, Daniel
Lokoel, Gilchrist
Chepkwony, Tabitha
Kipkoech, Joseph
Ambani, George
Menya, Diana
Freedman, Elizabeth
Taylor, Steve
Obala, Andrew
Plasmodium vivax Prevalence in Semiarid Region of Northern Kenya, 2019
title Plasmodium vivax Prevalence in Semiarid Region of Northern Kenya, 2019
title_full Plasmodium vivax Prevalence in Semiarid Region of Northern Kenya, 2019
title_fullStr Plasmodium vivax Prevalence in Semiarid Region of Northern Kenya, 2019
title_full_unstemmed Plasmodium vivax Prevalence in Semiarid Region of Northern Kenya, 2019
title_short Plasmodium vivax Prevalence in Semiarid Region of Northern Kenya, 2019
title_sort plasmodium vivax prevalence in semiarid region of northern kenya, 2019
topic Research Letter
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10617362/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37779220
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