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Characterizing microscopic and submicroscopic malaria parasitaemia at three sites with varied transmission intensity in Uganda

BACKGROUND: Parasite prevalence is a key metric used to quantify the burden of malaria and assess the impact of control strategies. Most published estimates of parasite prevalence are based on microscopy and likely underestimate true prevalence. METHODS: Thick smear microscopy was performed in cohor...

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Autores principales: Rek, John, Katrak, Shereen, Obasi, Hannah, Nayebare, Patience, Katureebe, Agaba, Kakande, Elijah, Arinaitwe, Emmanuel, Nankabirwa, Joaniter I., Jagannathan, Prasanna, Drakeley, Chris, Staedke, Sarah G., Smith, David L., Bousema, Teun, Kamya, Moses, Rosenthal, Philip J., Dorsey, Grant, Greenhouse, Bryan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5024471/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27628178
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12936-016-1519-8