Household Prevalence of Plasmodium falciparum, Plasmodium vivax, and Plasmodium ovale in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2013-2014.
Cedar L MitchellHillary M TopazianNicholas F BrazeauMolly Deutsch-FeldmanJeremie MuwongaEric SompweAntoinette K TshefuMelchior K MwandagalirwaJonathan B ParrJonathan J JulianoPublished in: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (2022)
In a cross-sectional molecular study in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 78% of households had ≥1 member infected with Plasmodium falciparum, Plasmodium vivax, and/or Plasmodium ovale spp.; 47% of children and 33% of adults tested positive for ≥1 species. Risk factors varied by species and age group.