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Distribution of non-falciparum malaria among symptomatic malaria patients in Dschang, West Region of Cameroon.
Pacome V K Tchuenkam, Samuel J White, Varun Potlapalli, Eva M Keming, Meredith S Muller, Darlin B N Kaunda, Oksana Kharabora, Rhoel R Dinglasan, Jonathan B Parr, Christopher B Tume and 3 more
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Pacome V K TchuenkamDepartment of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Université de Dschang, Dschang, West Region, Cameroon.ORCID 0000-0003-0638-5573 Samuel J WhiteInstitute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America.ORCID 0009-0006-1351-1020 Varun PotlapalliInstitute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America.
Eva M KemingDepartment of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Université de Dschang, Dschang, West Region, Cameroon.
Meredith S MullerInstitute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America.
Darlin B N KaundaDepartment of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Université de Dschang, Dschang, West Region, Cameroon.
Oksana KharaboraInstitute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America.
Rhoel R DinglasanDepartment of Infectious Diseases & Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0001-5433-8179 Jonathan B ParrInstitute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0002-4465-9830 Christopher B TumeDepartment of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Université de Dschang, Dschang, West Region, Cameroon.ORCID 0000-0001-6431-9641 Jessica T LinInstitute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0002-4516-723X Jonathan J JulianoInstitute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America.
Innocent M AliDepartment of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Université de Dschang, Dschang, West Region, Cameroon.ORCID 0000-0002-1112-6376 Funding
Relapsing malaria in Africa: mechanisms for persistence amid falciparum declineR01AI165537 · NIAID · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI Rhoel David Ramos Dinglasan, Jonathan J Juliano · 2022 to 2026
$3.6MMentoring in Translational Malaria GenomicsK24AI134990 · NIAID · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI Jonathan J Juliano · 2018 to 2026
$1.6MPlasmodium ovale hypnozoite development and relapse: a coordinated in vivo in vitro studyR21AI152260 · NIAID · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI ADAMS, JOHN H, LIN, JESSICA · 2021 to 2022
$418kNIAID NIH HHS K24 AI134990NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI165537NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI152260
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Background: Malaria is a vector-borne parasitic disease that continues to be a global public health threat. Five different species of the genus Methods: A cross-sectional facility-based study recruited 431 clinically suspected cases of malaria from three health centres in the West region of Cameroon in 2020. Socio-demographic, clinical data, and dried blood spots (DBS) were collected from all consenting patients. Parasite DNA was extracted from DBS for real-time PCR amplification of species-specific Results: Among the 431 samples, the overall malaria prevalence was 54.8% (236/431). Of these, 49.9% were infected with Conclusions: While falciparum remains the dominant malaria parasite species among acute febrile illness cases, non-falciparum malaria is also commonly found in Dschang, both as a coinfection with
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