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Open Access | Serologic Markers for Detecting Malaria in Areas of Low Endemicity, Somalia, 2008

Author(s): 
T. Bousema et al.
Reference: 
EID, Volume 16, Number 3–March 2010
Contact email: 
teun.bousema@lshtm.ac.uk

Areas in which malaria is not highly endemic are suitable for malaria elimination, but assessing transmission is difficult because of lack of sensitivity of commonly used methods. We evaluated serologic markers for detecting variation in malaria exposure in Somalia.

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