A large proportion of asymptomatic Plasmodium infections with low and sub-microscopic parasite densities in the low transmission setting of Temotu Province, Solomon Islands: challenges for malaria diagnostics in an elimination setting

BACKGROUND: Many countries are scaling up malaria interventions towards elimination. This transition changes demands on malaria diagnostics from diagnosing ill patients to detecting parasites in all carriers including asymptomatic infections and infections with low parasite densities. Detection meth...

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Autores principales: Harris, Ivor, Sharrock, Wesley W, Bain, Lisa M, Gray, Karen-Ann, Bobogare, Albino, Boaz, Leonard, Lilley, Ken, Krause, Darren, Vallely, Andrew, Johnson, Marie-Louise, Gatton, Michelle L, Shanks, G Dennis, Cheng, Qin
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2944341/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20822506
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-9-254

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