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Submicroscopic Plasmodium falciparum infections before and after sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine and artesunate association treatment in Dienga, Southeastern Gabon.
Clinical medicine & research - 1 Sept 2006
Touré Fousseyni S, Mezui-Me-Ndong Jérôme, Ouwe-Missi-Oukem-Boyer Odile, Ollomo Benjamin, Mazier Dominique, Bisser Sylvie
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BACKGROUND: It has been shown that Plasmodium falciparum submicroscopic infections (SMI) can contribute to malaria-associated anemia as well as to cerebral malaria. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assays are usually used as an alternative to microscopy in detecting subpatently infected individuals. OBJECTIVES: The main objective of this study was to investigate the occurrence of SMI before and after a suppressive...
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