Clustering of subpatent infections in households with asymptomatic rapid diagnostic test-positive cases in Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea independent of travel to regions of higher malaria endemicity: a cross-sectional study.
Dianna E B HergottJennifer E BalkusGuillermo A GarcíaKurtis R CruzAnnette M SeilieHaley MastersAkum A AveikaMarcos Mbuilto IyangaJeremias Nzamio Mba EyonoBrandon L GuthrieSean C MurphyPublished in: Malaria journal (2021)
There is clustering of subpatent infections around RDT(+) individual(s) when both imported and local infection are suspected. Future control strategies that aim to treat whole households in which an RDT(+) individual is found may target a substantial portion of infections that would otherwise not be detected.