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Reduced Risk of Malaria Parasitemia Following Household Screening and Treatment: A Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Cohort Study

BACKGROUND: In regions of declining malaria transmission, new strategies for control are needed to reduce transmission and achieve elimination. Artemisinin-combination therapy (ACT) is active against immature gametocytes and can reduce the risk of transmission. We sought to determine whether househo...

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Autores principales: Sutcliffe, Catherine G., Kobayashi, Tamaki, Hamapumbu, Harry, Shields, Timothy, Mharakurwa, Sungano, Thuma, Philip E., Louis, Thomas A., Glass, Gregory, Moss, William J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3272029/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22319629
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0031396