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Age- and species-specific duration of infection in asymptomatic malaria infections in Papua New Guinea

Abstract:

The burden and duration of asymptomatic malaria infections were measured in residents of the malaria endemic village of Gonoa, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea. Plasmodium falciparum, P. vivax and P. malariae infections in people aged 4 years to adulthood were compared. Frequent sampling at 3-day intervals for up to 61 days allowed assessment of individual episodes of infection. Statistical assessment of P. falciparum detection revealed a periodicity consistent with synchronous replication o...

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Bruce, M C
Donnelly, C A
Packer, M
Lagog, M
Walliker, D
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Journal:
Parasitology
Issue:
121
Publication date:
2000-01-01
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ora:788
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http://sers009b.sers.ox.ac.uk/archive/00000872/
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2012-11-15

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