Risk of malaria following untreated sub-patent Plasmodium falciparum infections: Results over 4 years from a cohort in a high transmission area in Western Kenya.
Erica E ZenoAndrew A ObalaBrian PenceElizabeth FreedmanJudith N MangeniJessica T LinLucy AbelJessie K EdwardsEmily W GowerSteve M TaylorPublished in: The Journal of infectious diseases (2023)
The risk of developing clinical malaria among people with undetected sub-patent infections is low. A slightly elevated risk in the low season may merit alternate management, but RDTs diagnose clinically-relevant infections in the high transmission season.
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