Microscopic and Submicroscopic Asymptomatic Plasmodium falciparum Infections in Ghanaian Children and Protection against Febrile Malaria
Bright Adu, Quratul-ain Issahaque, Tracy Sarkodie-Addo, Selassie Kumordjie, Eric Kyei‐Baafour, Caleb Kwame Sinclear, Sophia Eyia-Ampah, Eunice Owusu-Yeboa, Michael Theisen, Daniel Dodoo
Abstract
Naturally acquired immunity to Plasmodium falciparum malaria is thought to be nonsterile and sustained by persistence of low-level parasitemia. This study assessed the association between baseline microscopic and submicroscopic asymptomatic P. falciparum infections and antimalarial antibody levels and whether these parasitemia modify protective associations between antibody levels and malaria in Ghanaian children. Healthy children ( N = 973, aged 0.
Topics & Concepts
ParasitemiaAsymptomaticMalariaPlasmodium falciparumHazard ratioImmunologyBiologyInterquartile rangeInternal medicineMedicineConfidence intervalMalaria Research and ControlMosquito-borne diseases and controlVector-borne infectious diseases