ArticleActa parasitologica2024
Malaria Prevalence in Asymptomatic and Symptomatic Children Living in Rural, Semi-Urban and Urban Areas in Eastern Gabon.
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- School-aged children as a silent reservoir of Plasmodium falciparum: findings from a cross-sectional survey conducted in Burkina Faso in 2022.Malaria journal · 2026Article
- Diagnostic and therapeutic practices for paediatric malaria: Gap between guidelines and clinical reality in south-east Gabon.MalariaWorld journal · 2026Article
- 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
- Inequity in the transmission of malaria infection among children and adolescents: a cohort study in rural Guinea.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Health Education Campaign to Improve Malaria Knowledge, Prevention, and Treatment Behaviors in Rural East Nusa Tenggara Province, Indonesia: Protocol for a Cluster-Assigned Quasi-Experimental Study.JMIR research protocols · 2025Article
- Urban malaria in sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review of epidemiologic studies.Malaria journal · 2025Article
- Microscopic Malaria Infection and Its Determinants in Urban and Rural Populations Living in South-East Gabon.Journal of parasitology research · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundMalaria remains a major public health issue in the world despite a decline in the disease burden. However, though symptomatic malaria is diagnosed and treated, asymptomatic infections remain poorly known and support transmission. This study assessed the prevalence of symptomatic and asymptomatic Plasmodium spp. infections in three areas in Gabon to monitor and evaluate the impact of malaria. METHODS AND
resultsA cross-sectional study was conducted in three areas of Gabon. Febrile and afebrile children aged 6 months to 15 years were included in this study. Malaria prevalence was determined by microscopy of and using rapid diagnostic test (RDT). Plasmodium spp. species were identified by PCR according to the Snounou method. The data were recorded in Excel, and the statistical analyses were performed using the software R version R 64 × 3.5.0. A total of 2381(333 asymptomatic and 107 symptomatic) children were included. The overall prevalence of malaria was 40% (952/2381), with the majority (77% symptomatic and 98% asymptomatic) of infections caused by Plasmodium falciparum. A high prevalence of malaria was found in infected children in rural and semi-rural areas. In these two areas, a higher prevalence of Plasmodium malariae was observed in asymptomatic. Furthermore, mixed infections were more prevalent in asymptomatic children than in symptomatic.
conclusionThis study showed that the prevalence of Plasmodium spp. infection varied according to the regions. The main species was Plasmodium falciparum, but in asymptomatic children the prevalence of Plasmodium malariae was high in rural areas. To help fight malaria more effectively asymptomatic infections should be taken into account and treated.
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