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A method of active case detection to target reservoirs of asymptomatic malaria and gametocyte carriers in a rural area in Southern Province, Zambia

BACKGROUND: Asymptomatic reservoirs of malaria parasites are common yet are difficult to detect, posing a problem for malaria control. If control programmes focus on mosquito control and treatment of symptomatic individuals only, malaria can quickly resurge if interventions are scaled back. Foci of...

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Autores principales: Stresman, Gillian H, Kamanga, Aniset, Moono, Petros, Hamapumbu, Harry, Mharakurwa, Sungano, Kobayashi, Tamaki, Moss, William J, Shiff, Clive
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2959066/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20920328
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-9-265