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Mass blood survey for malaria: pooling and real-time PCR combined with expert microscopy in north-west Thailand

BACKGROUND: Asymptomatic carriage of Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax is common in both low-and high-transmission settings and represents an important reservoir of infection that needs to be targeted if malaria elimination is to succeed. METHODS: Mass blood examinations (475 individuals) w...

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Autores principales: Congpuong, Kanungnit, SaeJeng, Aungkana, Sug-aram, Rungniran, Aruncharus, Supannee, Darakapong, Ampai, Meshnick, Steven R, Satimai, Wichai
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3478204/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22909399
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-11-288