High Rates of Asymptomatic, Sub-microscopic Plasmodium vivax Infection and Disappearing Plasmodium falciparum Malaria in an Area of Low Transmission in Solomon Islands.

• Main Authors: Andreea Waltmann (Author), Andrew W Darcy (Author), Ivor Harris (Author), Cristian Koepfli (Author), John Lodo (Author), Ventis Vahi (Author), David Piziki (Author), G Dennis Shanks (Author), Alyssa E Barry (Author), Maxine Whittaker (Author), James W Kazura (Author), Ivo Mueller (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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INTRODUCTION:Solomon Islands is intensifying national efforts to achieve malaria elimination. A long history of indoor spraying with residual insecticides, combined recently with distribution of long lasting insecticidal nets and artemether-lumefantrine therapy, has been implemented in Solomon Islan...