ArticleJournal of tropical medicine2020
Large Variations in Malaria Parasite Carriage by Afebrile School Children Living in Nearby Communities in the Central Region of Ghana.
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- The dynamics of asymptomatic Plasmodium spp. infections following 10 years of malaria control interventions in Northern Sahelian Ghana.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2026Observational
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- Molecular speciation of Plasmodium and multiplicity of P. falciparum infection in the Central region of Ghana.PLOS global public health · 2024Article
- Epidemiological overlaps in COVID-19 and malaria within healthcare and community settings of Southern Ghana.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Nationwide molecular surveillance of three Plasmodium species harboured by symptomatic malaria patients living in Ghana.Parasites & vectors · 2022Article
- Persistent Plasmodium falciparum infections enhance transmission-reducing immunity development.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Diagnostic performance of an ultrasensitive HRP2-based malaria rapid diagnostic test kit used in surveys of afebrile people living in Southern Ghana.Malaria journal · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundIndicators of successful malaria control interventions include a reduction in the prevalence and densities of malaria parasites contained in both symptomatic and asymptomatic infections as well as a reduction in malaria transmission. Individuals harboring malaria parasites in asymptomatic infections serve as reservoirs for malaria transmission. This study determined the prevalence of asymptomatic malaria parasite carriage in afebrile children attending six different schools in two districts, the Cape Coast Metropolitan Assembly (CCMA) and the Komenda Edina Eguafo Abirem (KEEA) of the Central Region of Ghana.
methodsThis cross sectional study recruited afebrile children aged between 3 and 15 years old from six randomly selected schools in the Central Region of Ghana. Finger-pricked blood was collected and used to prepare thick and thin blood smears as well as spot a strip of filter paper (Whatman #3). Nested PCR was used to identify
resultsOut of the 528 children sampled, PCR identified 27.1% to harbor
conclusionsThe low prevalence of asymptomatic malaria parasite carriage by the children living in the Cape Coast Metropolis suggests that the malaria control interventions in place in CCMA are highly effective and that additional malaria control interventions are required for the KEEA district to reduce the prevalence of asymptomatic malaria parasite carriers. No molecular evidence of
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