Sub-microscopic malaria cases and mixed malaria infection in a remote area of high malaria endemicity in Rattanakiri province, Cambodia: implication for malaria elimination

Steenkeste, Nicolas; O. Rogers, William; Okell, Lucy; Jeanne, Isabelle; Incardona, Sandra; Duval, Linda; Chy, Sophy; Hewitt, Sean; Chou, Monidarin; Socheat, Duong; Babin, François-Xavier; Ariey, Frédéric; Rogier, Christophe

doi:10.1186/1475-2875-9-108

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Sub-microscopic malaria cases and mixed malaria infection in a remote area of high malaria endemicity in Rattanakiri province, Cambodia: implication for malaria elimination

Published in Malaria Journal • Apr 22, 2010

Authors:

Nicolas Steenkeste

William O. Rogers

Lucy Okell

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Malaria microscopy and rapid diagnostic tests are insensitive for very low-density parasitaemia. This insensitivity may lead to missed asymptomatic sub-microscopic parasitaemia, a potential reservoir for infection. Similarly, mixed infections and interactions between Plasmodium species m...

Subject

Malaria

Parasitology

Restriction fragment length polymorphism

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