Exploring the relationship between chronic undernutrition and asymptomatic malaria in Ghanaian children

Exploring the relationship between chronic undernutrition and asymptomatic malaria in Ghanaian children

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>A moderate association has been found between asymptomatic parasitaemia and undernutrition. However, additional investigation using the gold standard for asymptomatic parasitaemia confirmation, polymerase chain reaction (PCR), is nee...

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Main Authors: Hale DeVon C, Sylverken Justice, Dearden Kirk A, Dickerson Ty T, Stanford Joseph B, Porucznik Christina A, Amuasi John H, Merrill Ray M, Boakye Isaac, Alder Stephen C, Crookston Benjamin T, Snow Bryce S, Osei-Akoto Alex, Ansong Daniel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-02-01
Series:Malaria Journal
Online Access:http://www.malariajournal.com/content/9/1/39

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