Infections with Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax cause over 600,000 deaths
each year, concentrated in Africa and in young children, but much of the world's population …

Introduction: Historically, the global community has focused on the control of symptomatic
malaria. However, interest in asymptomatic malaria has been growing, particularly in the …

Background Symptomatic malaria cases reflect only a small proportion of all Plasmodium
spp infections. Many infected individuals are asymptomatic, and persistent asymptomatic …

Malaria infections occurring below the limit of detection of standard diagnostics are common
in all endemic settings. However, key questions remain surrounding their contribution to …

Background Submicroscopic malaria infections contribute to transmission in exposed
populations but their extent is underestimated even by standard molecular diagnostics …

Multiple studies have reported a male bias in incidence and/or prevalence of malaria
infection in males compared to females. To test the hypothesis that sex-based differences in …

Malaria elimination means cessation of parasite transmission. At present, the declining
malaria incidence in many countries has made elimination a feasible goal. Transmission …

Malaria control may be enhanced by targeting reservoirs of Plasmodium falciparum
transmission. One putative reservoir is asymptomatic malaria infections and the scale of their …

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Background A mixed methods study was conducted to look at the magnitude of residual
malaria transmission (RMT) and factors contributing to low (< 1% prevalence), but sustained …