Treatment of Chronic Asymptomatic Plasmodium falciparum Infection Does Not Increase the Risk of Clinical Malaria Upon Reinfection | Zendy

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Treatment of Chronic Asymptomatic Plasmodium falciparum Infection Does Not Increase the Risk of Clinical Malaria Upon Reinfection

Author(s) -

Sílvia Portugal,

Tuan M. Tran,

Aissata Ongoïba,

Aboudramane Bathily,

Shanping Li,

Safiatou Doumbo,

Jeff Skinner,

Didier Doumtabé,

Younoussou Koné,

Jules Sangala,

Aarti Jain,

D. Huw Davies,

Christopher Hung,

Li Liang,

Stacy Ricklefs,

Manijeh Vafa Homann,

Philip L. Felgner,

Stephen F. Porcella,

Anna Färnert,

Ogobara K. Doumbo,

Kassoum Kayentao,

Brian Greenwood,

Boubacar Traoré,

Peter D. Crompton

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1093/cid/ciw849

Subject(s) - asymptomatic , plasmodium falciparum , malaria , medicine , immunology

Chronic asymptomatic Plasmodium falciparum infections are common in endemic areas and are thought to contribute to the maintenance of malaria immunity. Whether treatment of these infections increases the subsequent risk of clinical episodes of malaria is unclear.

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