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Similar Prevalence of Plasmodium falciparum and Non–P. falciparum Malaria Infections among Schoolchildren, Tanzania
| العنوان: | Similar Prevalence of Plasmodium falciparum and Non–P. falciparum Malaria Infections among Schoolchildren, Tanzania |
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| المؤلفون: | Rachel Sendor, Cedar L. Mitchell, Frank Chacky, Ally Mohamed, Lwidiko E. Mhamilawa, Fabrizio Molteni, Ssanyu Nyinondi, Bilali Kabula, Humphrey Mkali, Erik J. Reaves, Naomi Serbantez, Chonge Kitojo, Twilumba Makene, Thwai Kyaw, Meredith Muller, Alexis Mwanza, Erin L. Eckert, Jonathan B. Parr, Jessica T. Lin, Jonathan J. Juliano, Billy Ngasala |
| المصدر: | Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 29, Iss 6, Pp 1143-1153 (2023) |
| بيانات النشر: | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2023. |
| سنة النشر: | 2023 |
| المجموعة: | LCC:Medicine LCC:Infectious and parasitic diseases |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | malaria, Plasmodium falciparum, Plasmodium malariae, Plasmodium ovale, Plasmodium vivax, PCR, Medicine, Infectious and parasitic diseases, RC109-216 |
| الوصف: | Achieving malaria elimination requires considering both Plasmodium falciparum and non–P. falciparum infections. We determined prevalence and geographic distribution of 4 Plasmodium spp. by performing PCR on dried blood spots collected within 8 regions of Tanzania during 2017. Among 3,456 schoolchildren, 22% had P. falciparum, 24% had P. ovale spp., 4% had P. malariae, and 0.3% had P. vivax infections. Most (91%) schoolchildren with P. ovale infections had low parasite densities; 64% of P. ovale infections were single-species infections, and 35% of those were detected in low malaria endemic regions. P. malariae infections were predominantly (73%) co-infections with P. falciparum. P. vivax was detected mostly in northern and eastern regions. Co-infections with >1 non–P. falciparum species occurred in 43% of P. falciparum infections. A high prevalence of P. ovale infections exists among schoolchildren in Tanzania, underscoring the need for detection and treatment strategies that target non–P. falciparum species. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article |
| وصف الملف: | electronic resource |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 1080-6040 1080-6059 |
| Relation: | https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/29/6/22-1016_article; https://doaj.org/toc/1080-6040; https://doaj.org/toc/1080-6059 |
| DOI: | 10.3201/eid2906.221016 |
| URL الوصول: | https://doaj.org/article/cd2200680875401094e13df98a56b62f |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsdoj.2200680875401094e13df98a56b62f |
| قاعدة البيانات: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
Full Text Finder | تدمد: | 10806040 10806059 |
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| DOI: | 10.3201/eid2906.221016 |