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Hyper-prevalence of submicroscopic Plasmodium falciparum infections in a rural area of western Kenya with declining malaria cases

BACKGROUND: The gold standard for diagnosing Plasmodium falciparum infection is microscopic examination of Giemsa-stained peripheral blood smears. The effectiveness of this procedure for infection surveillance and malaria control may be limited by a relatively high parasitaemia detection threshold....

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Autores principales: Ochwedo, Kevin O., Omondi, Collince J., Magomere, Edwin O., Olumeh, Julius O., Debrah, Isaiah, Onyango, Shirley A., Orondo, Pauline W., Ondeto, Benyl M., Atieli, Harrysone E., Ogolla, Sidney O., Githure, John, Otieno, Antony C. A., Githeko, Andrew K., Kazura, James W., Mukabana, Wolfgang R., Guiyan, Yan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8685826/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34930283
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12936-021-04012-6