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Clinical Implications of Asymptomatic Plasmodium falciparum Infections in Malawi

Author(s) -

Andrea G. Buchwald,

Alick Sixpence,

Mabvuto Chimenya,

Milius Damson,

John D. Sorkin,

Mark L. Wilson,

Karl B. Seydel,

Sarah Hochman,

Don P. Mathanga,

Terrie E. Taylor,

Miriam K. Laufer

Publication year - 2018

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/ciy427

Subject(s) - asymptomatic , malaria , medicine , odds ratio , plasmodium falciparum , hazard ratio , immunology , incidence (geometry) , pediatrics , confidence interval , physics , optics

Asymptomatic Plasmodium falciparum infections are common in Malawi; however, the implications of these infections for the burden of malaria illness are unknown. Whether asymptomatic infections eventually progress to malaria illness, persist without causing symptoms, or clear spontaneously remains undetermined. We identified asymptomatic infections and evaluated the associations between persistent asymptomatic infections and malaria illness.

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