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Malaria Parasites in the Asymptomatic: Looking for the Hay in
                the Haystack

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With malaria elimination back on the international agenda,
                programs face the challenge of targeting all Plasmodium
                infections, not only symptomatic cases. As asymptomatic
                individuals are unlikely to seek treatment, they are missed by
                passive surveillance while remaining infectious to mosquitoes,
                thus acting as silent reservoirs of transmission. To estimate
                the risk of asymptomatic infections in various phases of malaria
                elimination, we need a deeper understanding of the underlying
                mechanisms favoring carriage over disease, which may involve
                both pathogen and host factors. Here we review our current
                knowledge on the determinants leading to Plasmodium falciparum
                symptomless infections. Understanding the host-pathogen
                interactions that are most likely to affect transitions between
                malaria disease states could guide the development of tools to
                tackle asymptomatic carriers in elimination settings.

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Reproducció del document publicat a:
                http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pt.2015.11.015

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Articles publicats en revistes (ISGlobal)

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Malaria Parasites in the Asymptomatic: Looking for the Hay in
                the Haystack