High cases of submicroscopic Plasmodium falciparum infections in a suburban population of Lagos, Nig...
High cases of submicroscopic Plasmodium falciparum infections in a suburban population of Lagos, Nigeria
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England: BioMed Central Ltd
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Asymptomatic malaria parasites are significant sources of infections for onward malaria transmission. Conventional tools for malaria diagnosis such as microscopy and rapid diagnostic test kits (RDT) have relatively low sensitivity, hence the need for alternative tools for active screening of such low-density infections.
This study tested var aci...
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High cases of submicroscopic Plasmodium falciparum infections in a suburban population of Lagos, Nigeria
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TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_625a438528a7411c8a63b44ed1ddaffb
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1475-2875
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1475-2875
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10.1186/s12936-019-3073-7
