Article
Seasonal changes in the Plasmodium falciparum population in individuals and their relationship to clinical malaria: a longitudinal study in a Sudanese village.
Parasitology - 1 Jun 1998
Roper C, Richardson W, Elhassan I M, Giha H, Hviid L, Satti G M, Theander T G, Arnot D E
Abstract excerpt
Residents of Daraweesh village in Sudan were monitored for Plasmodium falciparum infection and malaria morbidity in 3 malaria seasons from 1993 to 1996. Malaria parasites were detected microscopically and by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in a series of cross-sectional surveys. PCR revealed subm...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Animals
- Child
- Cohort Studies
- Genotype
- Humans
- Longitudinal Studies
- Malaria, Falciparum
- Morbidity
- Plasmodium falciparum
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Polymorphism, Genetic
- Seasons
- Sudan