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

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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Veröffentlicht in:	PLoS medicine 2016-01, Vol.13 (1), p.e1001942-e1001942
Hauptverfasser:	Chen, Ingrid, Clarke, Siân E, Gosling, Roly, Hamainza, Busiku, Killeen, Gerry, Magill, Alan, O'Meara, Wendy, Price, Ric N, Riley, Eleanor M
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Anemia - diagnosis Anemia - epidemiology Anemia - therapy Asymptomatic Diseases - epidemiology Asymptomatic Diseases - therapy Biology and Life Sciences Care and treatment Chronic Disease Cognition Disorders - diagnosis Cognition Disorders - epidemiology Cognition Disorders - therapy Drug resistance Humans Malaria Malaria - diagnosis Malaria - epidemiology Malaria - therapy Medicine and Health Sciences Mortality Parasites Policy Forum Prevention Treatment Outcome
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Zusammenfassung:	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.
ISSN:	1549-1676 1549-1277 1549-1676
DOI:	10.1371/journal.pmed.1001942