Asymptomatic Malaria and Other Infections in Children Adopted from Ethiopia, United States, 2006–2011

We screened 52 children adopted from Ethiopia for malaria because they had previously lived in a disease-endemic region or had past or current hepatomegaly or splenomegaly. Seven (13.5%) children had asymptomatic malaria parasitemia by microscopy (n = 2) or PCR (n = 5). Our findings suggest that ado...

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Autores principales: Adebo, Senait M., Eckerle, Judith K., Andrews, Mary E., Howard, Cynthia R., John, Chandy C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4480390/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26079644
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2107.141933
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author Adebo, Senait M.
Eckerle, Judith K.
Andrews, Mary E.
Howard, Cynthia R.
John, Chandy C.
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description We screened 52 children adopted from Ethiopia for malaria because they had previously lived in a disease-endemic region or had past or current hepatomegaly or splenomegaly. Seven (13.5%) children had asymptomatic malaria parasitemia by microscopy (n = 2) or PCR (n = 5). Our findings suggest that adoptees at risk for asymptomatic malaria should be screened, preferably by PCR.
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spelling pubmed-44803902015-07-01 Asymptomatic Malaria and Other Infections in Children Adopted from Ethiopia, United States, 2006–2011 Adebo, Senait M. Eckerle, Judith K. Andrews, Mary E. Howard, Cynthia R. John, Chandy C. Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch We screened 52 children adopted from Ethiopia for malaria because they had previously lived in a disease-endemic region or had past or current hepatomegaly or splenomegaly. Seven (13.5%) children had asymptomatic malaria parasitemia by microscopy (n = 2) or PCR (n = 5). Our findings suggest that adoptees at risk for asymptomatic malaria should be screened, preferably by PCR. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2015-07 /pmc/articles/PMC4480390/ /pubmed/26079644 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2107.141933 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Adebo, Senait M.
Eckerle, Judith K.
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Howard, Cynthia R.
John, Chandy C.
Asymptomatic Malaria and Other Infections in Children Adopted from Ethiopia, United States, 2006–2011
title Asymptomatic Malaria and Other Infections in Children Adopted from Ethiopia, United States, 2006–2011
title_full Asymptomatic Malaria and Other Infections in Children Adopted from Ethiopia, United States, 2006–2011
title_fullStr Asymptomatic Malaria and Other Infections in Children Adopted from Ethiopia, United States, 2006–2011
title_full_unstemmed Asymptomatic Malaria and Other Infections in Children Adopted from Ethiopia, United States, 2006–2011
title_short Asymptomatic Malaria and Other Infections in Children Adopted from Ethiopia, United States, 2006–2011
title_sort asymptomatic malaria and other infections in children adopted from ethiopia, united states, 2006–2011
topic Dispatch
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4480390/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2107.141933
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