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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Sendor, Rachel
• Mitchell, Cedar L
• Chacky, Frank
• Mohamed, Ally
• Mhamilawa, Lwidiko E
• Molteni, Fabrizio
• Nyinondi, Ssanyu
• Kabula, Bilali
• Mkali, Humphrey
• Reaves, Erik J
• Serbantez, Naomi
• Kitojo, Chonge
• Makene, Twilumba
• Kyaw, Thwai
• Muller, Meredith
• Mwanza, Alexis
• Eckert, Erin L
• Parr, Jonathan B
• Lin, Jessica T
• Juliano, Jonathan J
• Ngasala, Billy

Titel

Similar Prevalence of Plasmodium falciparum and Non-P. falciparum Malaria Infections among Schoolchildren, Tanzania 1

Ist Teil von

• Emerging infectious diseases, 2023-06, Vol.29 (6), p.1143

Ort / Verlag

United States

Erscheinungsjahr

2023

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Achieving malaria elimination requires considering both Plasmodium falciparum and non-P. falciparum infections. We determined prevalence and geographic distribution of 4 Plasmodium spp. by performing PCR on dried blood spots collected within 8 regions of Tanzania during 2017. Among 3,456 schoolchildren, 22% had P. falciparum, 24% had P. ovale spp., 4% had P. malariae, and 0.3% had P. vivax infections. Most (91%) schoolchildren with P. ovale infections had low parasite densities; 64% of P. ovale infections were single-species infections, and 35% of those were detected in low malaria endemic regions. P. malariae infections were predominantly (73%) co-infections with P. falciparum. P. vivax was detected mostly in northern and eastern regions. Co-infections with >1 non-P. falciparum species occurred in 43% of P. falciparum infections. A high prevalence of P. ovale infections exists among schoolchildren in Tanzania, underscoring the need for detection and treatment strategies that target non-P. falciparum species.