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SUBMITTER: Eldh M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7026891 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Eldh Martina M Hammar Ulf U Arnot David D Beck Hans-Peter HP Garcia André A Liljander Anne A Mercereau-Puijalon Odile O Migot-Nabias Florence F Mueller Ivo I Ntoumi Francine F Ross Amanda A Smith Thomas T Sondén Klara K Vafa Homann Manijeh M Yman Victor V Felger Ingrid I Färnert Anna A
The Journal of infectious diseases 20200201 5
<h4>Background</h4>The malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum holds an extensive genetic polymorphism. In this pooled analysis, we investigate how the multiplicity in asymptomatic P. falciparum infections-that is, the number of coinfecting clones-affects the subsequent risk of clinical malaria in populations living under different levels of transmission.<h4>Methods</h4>A systematic search of the literature was performed to identify studies in which P. falciparum infections were genotyped in asym ...[more]