Submicroscopic <i>Plasmodium falciparum</i> gametocyte carriage is common in an area of low and seasonal transmission in Tanzania

Abstract

Molecular detection techniques reveal that carriage of submicroscopic asexual parasite and gametocyte densities is relatively common in this low transmission area. Submicroscopic gametocytaemia is likely to be responsible for maintaining malarial transmission in the study area.