Malaria prevalence defined by microscopy, antigen detection, DNA amplification and total nucleic acid amplification in a malaria‐endemic region during the peak malaria transmission season

Abstract

The prevalence of submicroscopic malaria infection was significantly higher when detecting total nucleic acid than just DNA in this outpatient population during the high transmission season. Defining standards for submicroscopic infection will be important for control programmes, diagnostics development efforts and molecular epidemiology studies.