Epidemiology of subpatent Plasmodium falciparum infection: implications for detection of hotspots with imperfect diagnostics.

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Published in Malar J on July 01, 2013

Authors

Jacklin F Mosha1, Hugh J W Sturrock, Bryan Greenhouse, Brian Greenwood, Colin J Sutherland, Nahla Gadalla, Sharan Atwal, Chris Drakeley, Gibson Kibiki, Teun Bousema, Daniel Chandramohan, Roly Gosling

Author Affiliations

1: National Institute for Medical Research, NIMR, Mwanza Medical Research Centre, Mwanza, Tanzania. jfmosha@yahoo.com

Associated clinical trials:

Targeted Active Case Detection Among High Risk Populations in Southern Lao Peoples Democratic Republic | NCT03783299

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