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

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Adebo, Senait M. ; Eckerle, Judith K. ; Andrews, Mary E. ; Howard, Cynthia R. ; John, Chandy C.
• 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.
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Adoption Asymptomatic Infections Child Child, Preschool Dispatch Female Humans Infant Malaria, Falciparum Malaria, Vivax Male Parasitemia Prevalence

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 21(7):1227-1229
• Pubmed ID:
  26079644
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC4480390
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Ethiopia ; United States
• Location:
  Africa ; North America
• Volume:
  21
• Issue:
  7
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:0908a77fead3be2db71f01995a500c9df1e4ab3eb42f6750ca0c20fcdefdb76c
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/31832/cdc_31832_DS1.pdf
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