"Asymptomatic" Malaria: A Chronic and Debilitating Infection That Should Be Treated

PLoS Med. 2016 Jan 19;13(1):e1001942. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001942. eCollection 2016 Jan.

Abstract

Roland Gosling and colleagues argue that "asymptomatic" malaria infections have significant health and societal consequences, and propose that they should be renamed "chronic" malaria infections.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Anemia / diagnosis
  • Anemia / epidemiology
  • Anemia / therapy
  • Asymptomatic Diseases / epidemiology*
  • Asymptomatic Diseases / therapy*
  • Chronic Disease
  • Cognition Disorders / diagnosis
  • Cognition Disorders / epidemiology
  • Cognition Disorders / therapy
  • Humans
  • Malaria / diagnosis
  • Malaria / epidemiology*
  • Malaria / therapy*
  • Treatment Outcome