Multiplicity of infection is a poor predictor of village-level Plasmodium vivax and P. falciparum population prevalence in the Southwest Pacific
- Author(s)
- Koepfli, C; Waltmann, A; Ome-Kaius, M; Robinson, LJ; Mueller, I;
- Details
- Publication Year 2018-11,Volume 5,Issue #11,Page ofy240
- Journal Title
- Open Forum Infect Dis
- Publication Type
- Journal Article
- Abstract
- Across 8101 individuals in 46 villages, the proportion of Plasmodium spp. multiple clone infections (0%-53.8%) did not reflect prevalence by quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR; 1.9%-38.4%), except for P. vivax in Solomon Islands (P < .001). Thus this parameter was not informative to identify transmission foci. In contrast, prevalence by microscopy and qPCR correlated well.
- Publisher
- Oxford Academic
- Research Division(s)
- Population Health And Immunity
- PubMed ID
- 30397622
- Publisher's Version
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofy240
- Open Access at Publisher's Site
https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofy240- NHMRC Grants
- NHMRC/1021544, NHMRC/1016443,
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