Asymptomatic Plasmodium Infections in Children in Low Malaria Transmission Setting, Southwestern Uganda1

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Roh, Michelle E. ; Oyet, Caesar ; Orikiriza, Patrick ; Wade, Martina ; Kiwanuka, Gertrude N. ; Mwanga-Amumpaire, Juliet ; Parikh, Sunil ; Boum, Yap
• Description:
  A survey of asymptomatic children in Uganda showed Plasmodium malariae and P. falciparum parasites in 45% and 55% of microscopy-positive samples, respectively. Although 36% of microscopy-positive samples were negative by rapid diagnostic test, 75% showed P. malariae or P. ovale parasites by PCR, indicating that routine diagnostic testing misses many non-P. falciparum malarial infections.
• Subjects:
  • Dispatch
  • malaria
  • protozoan infections
  • parasitic diseases
  • Plasmodium
  • microscopy
  • children
  • asymptomatic infections
  • mosquitoes
  • mosquito nets
  More +
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 22(8):1494-1498.
• Pubmed ID:
  27434741
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC4982177
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Uganda
• Location:
  Africa
• Volume:
  22
• Issue:
  8
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/40878/cdc_40878_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.38 MB]
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:40c5d8baca393eca4716c2e9ddbe6f85826d099e91d89c7e9b9eb830b50c00c3