Asymptomatic Plasmodium Infections in Children in Low Malaria Transmission Setting, Southwestern Uganda
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Roh, Michelle E.
Oyet, Caesar
Orikiriza, Patrick
Wade, Martina
Nakiwala, Kiwanuka Gertrude
Mwanga-Amumpaire, Juliet
Parikh, Sunil
II, Yap Boum
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Emerging infectious diseases
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Asurvey 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.
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Roh, M. E., Oyet, C., Orikiriza, P., Wade, M., Kiwanuka, G. N., Mwanga-Amumpaire, J., ... & Yap Boum, I. I. (2016). Asymptomatic Plasmodium infections in children in low malaria transmission setting, southwestern Uganda. Emerging infectious diseases, 22(8), 1494.