Immunoregulation in human malaria: the challenge of understanding asymptomatic infection

Asymptomatic Plasmodium infection carriers represent a major threat to malaria control worldwide as they are silent natural reservoirs and do not seek medical care. There are no standard criteria for asymptomaticPlasmodium infection; therefore, its diagnosis relies on the presence of the parasite du...

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Main Authors: Vitor R de Mendonça, Manoel Barral-Netto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2015-12-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762015000800945&lng=en&tlng=en