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Household Prevalence of Plasmodium falciparum, Plasmodium vivax, and Plasmodium ovale in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2013-2014.

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Mitchell, CL; Topazian, HM; Brazeau, NF; Deutsch-Feldman, M; Muwonga, J; Sompwe, E; Tshefu, AK; Mwandagalirwa, MK; Parr, JB; Juliano, JJ
Published in: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
December 2021

In a cross-sectional molecular study in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 78% of households had ≥1 member infected with Plasmodium falciparum, Plasmodium vivax, and/or Plasmodium ovale spp.; 47% of children and 33% of adults tested positive for ≥1 species. Risk factors varied by species and age group.

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Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America

DOI

EISSN

1537-6591

ISSN

1058-4838

Publication Date

December 2021

Volume

73

Issue

11

Start / End Page

e3966 / e3969

Related Subject Headings

  • Prevalence
  • Plasmodium vivax
  • Plasmodium ovale
  • Plasmodium falciparum
  • Microbiology
  • Malaria, Falciparum
  • Humans
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Cross-Sectional Studies
  • Child
 

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Mitchell, C. L., Topazian, H. M., Brazeau, N. F., Deutsch-Feldman, M., Muwonga, J., Sompwe, E., … Juliano, J. J. (2021). Household Prevalence of Plasmodium falciparum, Plasmodium vivax, and Plasmodium ovale in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2013-2014. Clinical Infectious Diseases : An Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 73(11), e3966–e3969. https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciaa1772
Mitchell, Cedar L., Hillary M. Topazian, Nicholas F. Brazeau, Molly Deutsch-Feldman, Jeremie Muwonga, Eric Sompwe, Antoinette K. Tshefu, Melchior K. Mwandagalirwa, Jonathan B. Parr, and Jonathan J. Juliano. “Household Prevalence of Plasmodium falciparum, Plasmodium vivax, and Plasmodium ovale in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2013-2014.Clinical Infectious Diseases : An Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 73, no. 11 (December 2021): e3966–69. https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciaa1772.
Mitchell CL, Topazian HM, Brazeau NF, Deutsch-Feldman M, Muwonga J, Sompwe E, et al. Household Prevalence of Plasmodium falciparum, Plasmodium vivax, and Plasmodium ovale in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2013-2014. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. 2021 Dec;73(11):e3966–9.
Mitchell, Cedar L., et al. “Household Prevalence of Plasmodium falciparum, Plasmodium vivax, and Plasmodium ovale in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2013-2014.Clinical Infectious Diseases : An Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, vol. 73, no. 11, Dec. 2021, pp. e3966–69. Epmc, doi:10.1093/cid/ciaa1772.
Mitchell CL, Topazian HM, Brazeau NF, Deutsch-Feldman M, Muwonga J, Sompwe E, Tshefu AK, Mwandagalirwa MK, Parr JB, Juliano JJ. Household Prevalence of Plasmodium falciparum, Plasmodium vivax, and Plasmodium ovale in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2013-2014. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. 2021 Dec;73(11):e3966–e3969.
Journal cover image

Published In

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America

DOI

EISSN

1537-6591

ISSN

1058-4838

Publication Date

December 2021

Volume

73

Issue

11

Start / End Page

e3966 / e3969

Related Subject Headings

  • Prevalence
  • Plasmodium vivax
  • Plasmodium ovale
  • Plasmodium falciparum
  • Microbiology
  • Malaria, Falciparum
  • Humans
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Cross-Sectional Studies
  • Child