The temporal dynamics and infectiousness of subpatent Plasmodium falciparum infections in relation to parasite density

• Main Authors: Hannah C. Slater, Amanda Ross, Ingrid Felger, Natalie E. Hofmann, Leanne Robinson, Jackie Cook, Bronner P. Gonçalves, Anders Björkman, Andre Lin Ouedraogo, Ulrika Morris, Mwinyi Msellem, Cristian Koepfli, Ivo Mueller, Fitsum Tadesse, Endalamaw Gadisa, Smita Das, Gonzalo Domingo, Melissa Kapulu, Janet Midega, Seth Owusu-Agyei, Cécile Nabet, Renaud Piarroux, Ogobara Doumbo, Safiatou Niare Doumbo, Kwadwo Koram, Naomi Lucchi, Venkatachalam Udhayakumar, Jacklin Mosha, Alfred Tiono, Daniel Chandramohan, Roly Gosling, Felista Mwingira, Robert Sauerwein, Eleanor M. Riley, Nicholas J. White, Francois Nosten, Mallika Imwong, Teun Bousema, Chris Drakeley, Lucy C. Okell
• Other Authors: University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ghana
• Format: Article
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; Chemistry
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/50028
• Institution: Mahidol University

© 2019, The Author(s). 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 sustaining transmission and whether they need to be detected and targeted to achieve malaria el...