1. High prevalence of asymptomatic malaria in Forest Guinea: Results from a rapid community survey.
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Hammer CC, Diallo MD, Kann B, Sanoh F, Leno TN, Mansare O, Diakité I, Sow AD, Konate Y, Ryan-Castillo E, Barry AM, and Standley CJ
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- Humans, Prevalence, Guinea epidemiology, Plasmodium falciparum, Asymptomatic Infections epidemiology, Malaria epidemiology, Malaria, Falciparum epidemiology
- Abstract
Malaria is endemic in Guinea; however, the extent and role in transmission of asymptomatic malaria are not well understood. In May 2023, we conducted a rapid community survey to determine Plasmodium falciparum ( P. falciparum ) prevalence among asymptomatic individuals in Middle Guinea (Prefecture Dalaba) and Forest Guinea (Prefecture Guéckédou). In Dalaba, 6 of 239 (2.1%, confidence interval (CI) 0.9-4.8%) individuals tested positive for P. falciparum by a rapid diagnostic test (RDT), while in Guéckédou, 147 of 235 (60.9%, CI 54.5-66.9%) participants tested positive. Asymptomatic malaria needs to be considered more strongly as a driver of transmission when designing control strategies, especially in Forest Guinea and potentially other hyper-endemic settings.
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- 2023
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