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Asymptomatic infection with Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax in the Brazilian Amazon Basin: to treat or not to treat?
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz - 1 Aug 2012
Tada Mauro Shugiro, Ferreira Ricardo de Godoi Mattos, Katsuragawa Tony Hiroshi, Martha Rosimeire Cristina Dalla, Costa Joana D Arc Neves, Albrecht Letusa, Wunderlich Gerhard, da Silva Luiz Hildebrando Pereira
Abstract excerpt
In this study, we determined whether the treatment of asymptomatic parasites carriers (APCs), which are frequently found in the riverside localities of the Brazilian Amazon that are highly endemic for malaria, would decrease the local malaria incidence by decreasing the overall pool of parasites...
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