Prevalence of Plasmodium falciparum and non-P. falciparum infections in a highland district in Ghana, and the influence of HIV and sickle cell disease

• Published in: Malaria Journal
• Main Authors: Ewurama D. A. Owusu, Charles A. Brown, Martin P. Grobusch, Petra Mens
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: BMC 2017
• Subjects: Falciparum; Non-falciparum; Malaria; Ghana; HIV; SCD; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Arctic; Sickle
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-017-1823-y; https://doaj.org/article/0349ba0dbae14030af12ed377ef558a6

Abstract Background In the past two decades, there has been a reported decline in malaria in Ghana and the rest of the world; yet it remains the number one cause of mortality and morbidity. Human immuno-deficiency virus (HIV) and sickle cell disease (SCD) share a common geographical space with malar...