Submicroscopic carriage of Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax in a low endemic area in Ethiopia where no parasitaemia was detected by microscopy or rapid diagnostic test.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Motivated by the success in malaria control that was documented over the last decade Ethiopia is aiming at malaria elimination by 2020 in selected districts. It is currently unknown if asymptomatic, submicroscopic malaria parasite carriage may form a hurdle to achieve elimination. The elimination effort may further be complicated by possible glucose-6 phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency which would hinder the use of 8-aminoquinolines in the elimination efforts.

Method

In February 2014 a community-based cross-sectional survey was conducted in Malo, southwest Ethiopia. Finger-prick blood samples (n = 555) were tested for presence of Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax with microscopy, rapid diagnostic test (RDT), and nested polymerase chain reaction (nP

SUBMITTER: Tadesse FG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4524028 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature