PO 8355 HOST GENETIC POLYMORPHISMS AND ASYMPTOMATIC MALARIA IN SOUTHERN GHANA
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DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2019-edc.74
Abstract: Background Despite several interventions through malaria control programmes, asymptomatic malaria is a major barrier to control as asymptomatic individuals serve as reservoirs from which others are re-infected. The mechanism by which these individuals remain asymptomatic… read more here.
Keywords: genetic polymorphisms; southern ghana; host genetic; association ... See more keywords
Seasonal variations in Plasmodium falciparum parasite prevalence assessed by varying diagnostic tests in asymptomatic children in southern Ghana
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0199172
Abstract: Plasmodium falciparum infections presenting either as symptomatic or asymptomatic may contain sexual stage parasites (gametocytes) that are crucial to malaria transmission. In this study, the prevalence of microscopic and submicroscopic asexual and gametocyte parasite stages… read more here.
Keywords: gametocyte; southern ghana; prevalence; pcr ... See more keywords