“Asymptomatic” Malaria: A Chronic and Debilitating Infection That Should Be Treated

Ingrid Chen; Siân E. Clarke; Roly Gosling; Busiku Hamainza; Gerry Killeen; Alan Magill; Wendy O’Meara; Ric N. Price; Eleanor M. Riley

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001942

“Asymptomatic” Malaria: A Chronic and Debilitating Infection That Should Be Treated

Ingrid Chen
, Siân E. Clarke
, Roly Gosling
, Busiku Hamainza
, Gerry Killeen
, Alan Magill
, Wendy O’Meara
, Ric N. Price
, Eleanor M. Riley

Vector Biology

Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

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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.

Original language	English
Article number	e1001942
Pages (from-to)	e1001942
Journal	PLoS Medicine
Volume	13
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001942
Publication status	Published - 19 Jan 2016

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