“Asymptomatic” Malaria: A Chronic and Debilitating Infection That Should Be Treated
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1 Global Health Sciences, Malaria Elimination Initiative, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, 2 Department of Disease Control, Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, 3 Ministry of Health, National Malaria Control Centre, Lusaka, Zambia, 4 Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Vector Biology Department, Liverpool, United Kingdom, 5 Ifakara Health Institute, Ifakara, Morogoro, United Republic of Tanzania, 6 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, 7 Duke Global Health Institute, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, 8 Global and Tropical Health Division, Menzies School of Health Research and Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Australia, 9 Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, 10 Department of Immunology and Infection, Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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