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Prevalence of asymptomatic malaria parasitaemia following mass testing and treatment in Pakro sub-district of Ghana

BACKGROUND: Global efforts to scale-up malaria control interventions are gaining steam. These include the use of Long-Lasting Insecticide Nets, Indoor Residual Spraying, Intermittent Preventive Treatment and Test, Treat and Track. Despite these, the drive for malaria elimination is far from being re...

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Autores principales:	Ndong, Ignatius Cheng, Okyere, Daniel, Enos, Juliana Yartey, Mensah, Benedicta A., Nyarko, Alexander, Abuaku, Benjamin, Amambua-Ngwa, Alfred, Merle, Corinne Simone C., Koram, Kwadwo Ansah, Ahorlu, Collins Stephen
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2019
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6889629/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31795981 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019-7986-4

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