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The temporal dynamics and infectiousness of subpatent Plasmodium falciparum infections in relation to parasite density

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dc.creator Slater, Hannah
dc.creator Ross, Amanda
dc.creator Felger, Ingrid
dc.creator Hofmann, Natalie
dc.creator Robison, Leanne
dc.creator cook, Jackie
dc.creator Gonçalves, Bronner
dc.creator Bjòrkman, Andes
dc.creator Ouedraogo, Andre
dc.creator Morris, Ulrika
dc.creator Msellem, Mwinyi
dc.creator Koepfli, Christian
dc.creator Muller, Ivo
dc.creator Tadesse, Fitsum
dc.creator Gadisa, Endalamaw
dc.creator Das, Simita
dc.creator Domingo, Gonzalo
dc.creator Kapulu, Melissa
dc.creator Midega, Janet
dc.creator Owusu-Agyei, Seth
dc.creator Nabet, Cecile
dc.creator Piarroux, Renaud
dc.creator Duombo, Ogobara
dc.creator Niare, Safiatou
dc.creator koram, Kwadwo
dc.creator Lucci, Nami
dc.creator Udhayakumar, Venkatachalam
dc.creator Mosha, Jackline
dc.creator Tiono, Alfred
dc.creator Chandramohan, Daniel
dc.creator Gosling, Roly
dc.creator Mwingira, Felista
dc.creator Sauerwein, Robert
dc.creator Paul, Richard
dc.creator Riley, Eleanor
dc.creator White, Nicholas
dc.creator Nosten, Francois
dc.creator Imwong, Mallika
dc.creator Bousema, Teun
dc.creator Drakeley, Chris
dc.creator Okell, Lucy
dc.date 2020-08-31T09:43:05Z
dc.date 2020-08-31T09:43:05Z
dc.date 2019-03-29
dc.date.accessioned 2021-05-07T09:43:38Z
dc.date.available 2021-05-07T09:43:38Z
dc.identifier Slater, H.C., Ross, A., Felger, I. et al. Author Correction: The temporal dynamics and infectiousness of subpatent Plasmodium falciparum infections in relation to parasite density. Nat Commun 10, 2644 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10790-0
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/5486
dc.identifier https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10790-0
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/5486
dc.description Malaria infections occurring below the limit of detection of standard diagnostics are common in all endemic settings. However, key questions remain surrounding their contribution to sustaining transmission and whether they need to be detected and targeted to achieve malaria elimination. In this study we analyse a range of malaria datasets to quantify the density, detectability, course of infection and infectiousness of subpatent infections. Asymptomatically infected individuals have lower parasite densities on average in low transmission settings compared to individuals in higher transmission settings. In cohort studies, subpatent infections are found to be predictive of future periods of patent infection and in membrane feeding studies, individuals infected with subpatent asexual parasite densities are found to be approximately a third as infectious to mosquitoes as individuals with patent (asexual parasite) infection. These results indicate that subpatent infections contribute to the infectious reservoir, may be long lasting, and require more sensitive diagnostics to detect them in lower transmission settings.
dc.language en
dc.publisher Nature Communications
dc.relation 10;2644
dc.subject Malaria, Plasmodium falciparum
dc.title The temporal dynamics and infectiousness of subpatent Plasmodium falciparum infections in relation to parasite density
dc.type Journal Article, Peer Reviewed


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