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Improved Detectability of Plasmodium falciparum Clones with Repeated Sampling in Incident and Chronic Infections in Burkina Faso.
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene - 1 Nov 2021
Barry Aissata, Awandu Shehu S, Tiono Alfred B, Grignard Lynn, Bousema Teun, Collins Katharine A
Abstract excerpt
We evaluated the detectability of Plasmodium falciparum clones when assessed on 3 consecutive days in incident and chronic infections in naturally exposed children living in an area of intense malaria transmission in Burkina Faso. The median number of clones by merozoite surface protein 2 (MSP2) genotyping was 3 (interquartile range [IQR] 2-5) in incident infections compared with 6 (IQR 4-8) in chronic infections...
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