Clinical relevance of low-density Plasmodium falciparum parasitemia in untreated febrile children: A cohort study.
<h4>Background</h4>Low-density (LD) Plasmodium infections are missed by standard malaria rapid diagnostic tests (standard mRDT) when the blood antigen concentration is below the detection threshold. The clinical impact of these LD infections is unknown. This study investigates the clinic...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2020-09-01
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| Series: | PLoS Medicine |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003318 |