A controlled, parallel, cluster-randomized trial of community-wide screening and treatment of asymptomatic carriers of Plasmodium falciparum in Burkina Faso

BACKGROUND: In malaria-endemic countries, large proportions of infected individuals are asymptomatic, constituting a reservoir of parasites for infection of newly hatched mosquitoes. This study evaluated the impact of screening and treatment of asymptomatic carriers of Plasmodium falciparum. METHODS...

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Autores principales: Tiono, Alfred B, Ouédraogo, Alphonse, Ogutu, Bernhards, Diarra, Amidou, Coulibaly, Sam, Gansané, Adama, Sirima, Sodiomon B, O’Neil, Gregory, Mukhopadhyay, Amitava, Hamed, Kamal
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3599538/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23442748
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-12-79

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3599538/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23442748
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-12-79

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