“Asymptomatic” malaria: a chronic and debilitating infection that should be treated
PLoS medicine, 2016•journals.plos.org
… In this policy forum article, we propose that, notwithstanding the policy and programmatic
challenges that will arise, treating all malaria infections, irrespective of their clinical presentation,
will confer direct clinical benefits to the individual and may contribute to improved malaria
control at the population level by reducing onward transmission. This paper is a collection of
four strands of evidence supporting our argument: that … Because low-density infections are
not benign, we suggest that the term “asymptomatic malaria infection” is a misnomer and …
challenges that will arise, treating all malaria infections, irrespective of their clinical presentation,
will confer direct clinical benefits to the individual and may contribute to improved malaria
control at the population level by reducing onward transmission. This paper is a collection of
four strands of evidence supporting our argument: that … Because low-density infections are
not benign, we suggest that the term “asymptomatic malaria infection” is a misnomer and …
Roland Gosling and colleagues argue that "asymptomatic" malaria infections have significant health and societal consequences, and propose that they should be renamed "chronic" malaria infections.
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