Prevalence of submicroscopic malaria infection in immigrants living in Spain

Prevalence of submicroscopic malaria infection in immigrants living in Spain

Abstract Background The importance of submicroscopic malaria infections in high-transmission areas could contribute to maintain the parasite cycle. Regarding non-endemic areas, its importance remains barely understood because parasitaemia in these afebrile patients is usually below the detection lim...

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Main Authors: Isabel Fradejas, José Miguel Rubio, Ariadna Martín-Díaz, Juan María Herrero-Martínez, José Manuel Ruiz-Giardin, Gerardo Rojo-Marcos, María Velasco, María Calderón-Moreno, José Manuel Azcona-Gutierrez, Francisco Jesús Merino, Belén Andrés Olmo, María Espinosa, María Cuadrado, Esther González-Monte, Jerónimo Jaqueti, Juan Cuadros, Carolina Campelo, Alberto Delgado-Iribarren, Pablo Martín-Rabadán, Concepción García-García, María Ángeles Martín-Laso, Beatriz Valle-Borrego, María Coral García, Manuel Lizasoaín, Ana Pérez-Ayala
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-07-01
Series:Malaria Journal
Subjects:
Plasmodium
Afebrile malaria
Submicroscopic parasitaemia
Immigrant
Tropical medicine
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12936-019-2870-3

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