Is fever a good sign for clinical malaria in surveys of endemic communities? (Publications)
ic sign of clinical malaria, many Plasmodium falciparum malaria cases in endemic areas do not present with measurable temperature elevations. In a field study in Tanzania, malaria morbidity was defined [...] reported illness associated with malaria parasite densities higher than those in healthy individuals. Without diagnosis of individual episodes, prevalences of malaria-attributable morbidity of 9.8% in [...] 5-9 years of age were estimated. No illness was considered to be due to malaria in...
Age and seasonal variation in the transition rates and detectability of <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> malaria (Publications)
of Plasmodium falciparum infections is unclear, although this is an important term in models of malaria transmission. It is problematical to determine the duration of infections because of the difficulty