Asymptomatic infection with Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax in the Brazilian Amazon Basin: to treat or not to treat?

In this study, we determined whether the treatment of asymptomatic parasites carriers (APCs), which are frequently found in the riverside localities of the Brazilian Amazon that are highly endemic for malaria, would decrease the local malaria incidence by decreasing the overall pool of parasites ava...

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Main Authors: Mauro Shugiro Tada, Ricardo de Godoi Mattos Ferreira, Tony Hiroshi Katsuragawa, Rosimeire Cristina Dalla Martha, Joana D’Arc Neves Costa, Letusa Albrecht, Gerhard Wunderlich, Luiz Hildebrando Pereira da Silva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2012-08-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762012000500008&lng=en&tlng=en