Point prevalence of asymptomatic Plasmodium infection and the comparison of microscopy, rapid diagnostic test and nested PCR for the diagnosis of asymptomatic malaria among children under 5 years in Ghana

BACKGROUND: Plasmodium infection among children is a serious public health problem. Asymptomatic malaria infection among humans serves as a significant reservoir for transmitting Plasmodium to uninfected Anopheles mosquitoes, fueling malaria endemicity and asymptomatic malaria may progress to clinic...

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Autores principales: Okyere, Bismark, Owusu-Ofori, Alex, Ansong, Daniel, Buxton, Rebecca, Benson, Scott, Osei-Akoto, Alex, Owiredu, Eddie-Williams, Adjei, Collins, Xorse Amuzu, Evans, Marfo Boaheng, Joseph, Dickerson, Ty
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2020
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7384639/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32716936
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0232874

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7384639/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32716936
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0232874

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