Low Prevalence of Plasmodium malariae and Plasmodium ovale Mono-Infections among Children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: a Population-Based, Cross-Sectional Study

Citation

Doctor, Stephanie M.; Liu, Yunhao; Anderson, Olivia G.; Whitesell, Amy N.; Mwandagalirwa, Melchior Kashamuka; Muwonga, Jérémie; Keeler, Corinna; Emch, Michael E.; Likwela, Joris L.; & Tshefu, Antoinette K., et al. (2016). Low Prevalence of Plasmodium malariae and Plasmodium ovale Mono-Infections among Children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: a Population-Based, Cross-Sectional Study. Malaria Journal, 15(1), 350. PMCID: PMC4938993

Abstract

Background: In an effort to improve surveillance for epidemiological and clinical outcomes, rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) have become increasingly widespread as cost-effective and field-ready methods of malaria diagnosis. However, there are concerns that using RDTs specific to

URL

http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12936-016-1409-0

Reference Type

Journal Article

Year Published

2016

Journal Title

Malaria Journal

Author(s)

Doctor, Stephanie M.
Liu, Yunhao
Anderson, Olivia G.
Whitesell, Amy N.
Mwandagalirwa, Melchior Kashamuka
Muwonga, Jérémie
Keeler, Corinna
Emch, Michael E.
Likwela, Joris L.
Tshefu, Antoinette K.
Meshnick, Steven R.

PMCID

PMC4938993

ORCiD

Emch - 0000-0003-2642-965X
Keeler - 0000-0002-3445-6589