TY - JOUR AU - Dhiman, Sunil AU - Goswami, Diganta AU - Rabha, Bipul AU - Yadav, Kavita AU - Chattopadhyay, Pronobesh AU - Veer, Vijay PY - 2015 DA - 2015/09/18 TI - Absence of asymptomatic malaria in a cohort of 133 individuals in a malaria endemic area of Assam, India JO - BMC Public Health SP - 919 VL - 15 IS - 1 AB - Malaria in northeast India affects children and adults annually. The number of malaria cases reported has declined over the past few years. Nevertheless, it is not clear whether there is an actual decline in parasitaemia or whether asymptomatic malaria infections are on the rise, especially in forested and forest-fringed areas. Asymptomatic malaria forms a parasite reservoir that acts as an epicentre for malaria spread during high-transmission season. Therefore it is important to understand the quantum of asymptomatic malaria infections among the vulnerable population. SN - 1471-2458 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-015-2294-0 DO - 10.1186/s12889-015-2294-0 ID - Dhiman2015 ER -