Targeting Asymptomatic Malaria Infections: Active Surveillance in Control and Elimination
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1 Malaria Elimination Initiative, Global Health Group, University of California, San Francisco, United States of America, 2 Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, United States of America, 3 Clinton Health Access Initiative, Boston, MA, United States of America, 4 Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, United States of America, 5 Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, United States of America, 6 Department of Immunology and Infection, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, 7 Department of Medical Microbiology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
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