Reduced risk of malaria parasitemia following household screening and treatment: a cross-sectional and longitudinal cohort study.

Reduced risk of malaria parasitemia following household screening and treatment: a cross-sectional and longitudinal cohort study.

BACKGROUND: In regions of declining malaria transmission, new strategies for control are needed to reduce transmission and achieve elimination. Artemisinin-combination therapy (ACT) is active against immature gametocytes and can reduce the risk of transmission. We sought to determine whether househo...

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Main Authors: Catherine G Sutcliffe, Tamaki Kobayashi, Harry Hamapumbu, Timothy Shields, Sungano Mharakurwa, Philip E Thuma, Thomas A Louis, Gregory Glass, William J Moss
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3272029?pdf=render

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