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Clinical Implications of Asymptomatic Plasmodium falciparum Infections in Malawi.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America - 1 Jan 2019
Buchwald Andrea G, Sixpence Alick, Chimenya Mabvuto, Damson Milius, Sorkin John D, Wilson Mark L, Seydel Karl, Hochman Sarah, Mathanga Don P, Taylor Terrie E, Laufer Miriam K
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Background: Asymptomatic Plasmodium falciparum infections are common in Malawi; however, the implications of these infections for the burden of malaria illness are unknown. Whether asymptomatic infections eventually progress to malaria illness, persist without causing symptoms, or clear spontaneously remains undetermined. We identified asymptomatic infections and evaluated the associations between persistent...
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