The complex relationship of exposure to new Plasmodium infections and incidence of clinical malaria in Papua New Guinea

The complex relationship of exposure to new Plasmodium infections and incidence of clinical malaria in Papua New Guinea

The molecular force of blood-stage infection (molFOB) is a quantitative surrogate metric for malaria transmission at population level and for exposure at individual level. Relationships between molFOB, parasite prevalence and clinical incidence were assessed in a treatment-to-reinfection cohort, whe...

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Main Authors: Natalie E Hofmann, Stephan Karl, Rahel Wampfler, Benson Kiniboro, Albina Teliki, Jonah Iga, Andreea Waltmann, Inoni Betuela, Ingrid Felger, Leanne J Robinson, Ivo Mueller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2017-09-01
Series:eLife
Subjects:
Plasmodium vivax
malaria
epidemiology
immunity
transmission
Papua New Guinea
Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/23708

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