CHINESE JOURNAL OF PARASITOLOGY AND PARASITIC DISEASES ›› 2019, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (3): 352-359.doi: 10.12140/j.issn.1000-7423.2019.03.020

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Review on epidemiological characterization of asymptomatic malaria infection and its risk factors

Xiao-xiao WANG1,2(), Shui-sen ZHOU1,*(), Fang HUANG1, Zhi-gui XIA1, Shao-sen ZHANG1   

  1. 1 National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention; Chinese Center for Tropical Diseases Research; WHO Collaborating Centre for Tropical Diseases; National Center for International Research on Tropical Diseases, Ministry of Science and Technology; Key Laboratory of Parasite and Vector Biology, Ministry of Health, Shanghai 200025, China
    2 Zhejiang Province Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hangzhou 310051, China
  • Received:2018-11-20 Online:2019-06-30 Published:2019-07-10
  • Contact: Shui-sen ZHOU E-mail:xxwang@cdc.zj.cn;zhouss@nipd.chinacdc.cn
  • Supported by:
    Supported Important Scientific & Technology Project(2018ZX10101002-002),National Health Commission Special project for Lancang-Mekong coorperation in 2017(No. 2020399), Natural Science Foundation of Shanghai (No. 18ZR1443400)and National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases U19 Project (No. U19AI129386)

Abstract:

Asymptomatic Plasmodium infection plays an important role in malaria transmission. The research on the epidemiological characterization of asymptomatic malaria infection poses high public health significance for malaria elimination. Prevalence of asymptomatic infections was documented to be highly diversified, depending on different host, Plasmodium, environment and vector breeding. This review updates definition, epidemiology and risk factors of asymptomatic malaria infections, in order to provide data for malaria elimination.

Key words: Malaria, Asymptomatic malaria infection, Epidemiology, Risk

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