Observational studyBioMed research international2022
A Comparative Study of Asymptomatic Malaria in a Forest Rural and Depleted Forest Urban Setting during a Low Malaria Transmission and COVID-19 Pandemic Period.
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- Urban malaria and population mobility in sub-Saharan Africa: systematic review and meta-analysis.Malaria journal · 2025Pooled it
- COVID-19 and malaria co-infection: a systematic review of clinical outcomes in endemic areas.PeerJ · 2024Pooled it
- Effects of Drug Resistance on the Global Spread of Malaria: A Systematic Literature Review.Health science reports · 2026Review
- Burden and determinants of asymptomatic malaria among adults living in urban and rural areas in Gabon in 2023: a community-based cross-sectional study.Malaria journal · 2025Article
- Bionomics and distribution of malaria vectors in Kisumu city, Western Kenya: implications for urban malaria transmission.Malaria journal · 2025Article
- Plasmodium falciparum genetic diversity and multiplicity of infection among asymptomatic and symptomatic malaria-infected individuals in Uganda.Tropical medicine and health · 2024Article
- Geospatial Analysis of Malaria Burden in Kagera Region, Northwestern Tanzania Using Health Facility and Community Survey Data.Open forum infectious diseases · 2024Article
- Knowledge about Asymptomatic Malaria and Acceptability of UsingInternational journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
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Abstract
The global malaria morbidity and mortality witnessed an increase from 2019 to 2020 partly due to disruptions in control programs' activities imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, there is still a significant burden of malaria in Cameroon which needs attention from all fronts to attain elimination goals. It is normally expected that a typical forest ecology that has undergone urbanization and subjected to high rates of ecological instabilities should also have a shift from characteristic perennial malaria transmission and a shift in the type of malaria endemicity plaguing such distorted forest ecology. In this observational comparative study, we randomly enrolled participants from rural and urban settings of a forest zone during a low malaria transmission period, which coincided with the onset of COVID-19 pandemic. An optimized structured questionnaire was employed, to collect socio-demographic data and associated risk factors. The CareStart™ Malaria HRP2 antigen test was performed on participants from both settings to determine the prevalence of community asymptomatic malaria. Of 307 participants, 188 (61.0%) were from the rural, while 119 (38.8%) from the urban community. The overall prevalence of asymptomatic malaria (27.0%) detected
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