Geographical heterogeneity in prevalence of subclinical malaria infections at sentinel endemic sites of Myanmar.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The malaria burden of Myanmar still remains high within the Greater Mekong Subregion of Southeast Asia. An important indicator of progress towards malaria elimination is the prevalence of parasite infections in endemic populations. Information about malaria epidemiology is mostly derived from reports of confirmed acute malaria cases through passive case detection, whereas the prevalence of baseline subclinical malaria infections is much less known.

Methods

In this study, cross-sectional surveys were conducted during the rainy season of 2017 in four townships (Bilin, Thabeikkyin, Banmauk and Paletwa) of Myanmar with divergent annual malaria incidences. A total of 1991 volunteers were recruited from local villages and Plasmodium subclinical infections were estimated

SUBMITTER: Liu Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6378722 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature