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[Prevalence, genetic diversity and multiplicity of Plasmodium falciparum infection in school children in central Cote d'Ivoire].
Medecine tropicale : revue du Corps de sante colonial - 1 Apr 2006
Silue K D, Felger I, Utzinger J, Beck H P, Smith T A, Tanner M, N'Goran E K
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A study was carried out in the village of Taabo, located in the vicinity of a large man-made lake in central Côte d'Ivoire. The objectives were (i) to determine the level of prevalence, genetic diversity and multiplicity of Plasmodiumfakiparum infection in schoolchildren and (ii) to compare the diagnostic performance of light microscopy and polymerase chain reaction (PCR). A total of 424 schoolchildren ranging in...
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