Tyler Rapp, Kano Amagai, Cyrus Sinai, Christopher Basham, Mwajabu Loya, Sifa Ngasala, Hamza Said, Meredith S Muller, Srijana B Chhetri, Guozheng Yang, Ruthly François, Melic Odas, Derrick Mathias, Jonathan J Juliano, Feng-Chang Lin, Billy Ngasala, Jessica T Lin
BACKGROUND: Asymptomatic carriage of malaria parasites persists even as malaria transmission declines. Low density infections are often submicroscopic, not detected by rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) or microscopy, but detectable by PCR. METHODS: To characterize submicroscopic Plasmodium falciparum carriage in an area of declining malaria transmission, asymptomatic persons >5 years of age in rural Bagamoyo District, Tanzania, were screened using RDT, microscopy, and PCR...
May 23, 2024: Journal of Infectious Diseases