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SUBMITTER: Chaumeau V
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6467188 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chaumeau Victor V Kajeechiwa Ladda L Fustec Bénédicte B Landier Jordi J Naw Nyo Saw S Nay Hsel Saw S Phatharakokordbun Phabele P Kittiphanakun Prapan P Nosten Suphak S Thwin May Myo MM Win Tun Saw S Wiladphaingern Jacher J Cottrell Gilles G Parker Daniel M DM Minh Myo Chit MC Kwansomboon Nittpha N Metaane Selma S Montazeau Céline C Kunjanwong Kitti K Sawasdichai Sunisa S Andolina Chiara C Ling Clare C Haohankhunnatham Warat W Christiensen Peter P Wanyatip Sunaree S Konghahong Kamonchanok K Cerqueira Dominique D Imwong Mallika M Dondorp Arjen M AM Chareonviriyaphap Theeraphap T White Nicholas J NJ Nosten François H FH Corbel Vincent V
The Journal of infectious diseases 20190401 9
<h4>Background</h4>The objective of mass antimalarial drug administration (MDA) is to eliminate malaria rapidly by eliminating the asymptomatic malaria parasite reservoirs and interrupting transmission. In the Greater Mekong Subregion, where artemisinin-resistant Plasmodium falciparum is now widespread, MDA has been proposed as an elimination accelerator, but the contribution of asymptomatic infections to malaria transmission has been questioned. The impact of MDA on entomological indices has no ...[more]