The detection of cryptic Plasmodium infection among villagers in Attapeu province, Lao PDR

Moritoshi Iwagami; Sengdeuane Keomalaphet; Phonepadith Khattignavong; Pheovaly Soundala; Lavy Lorphachan; Emilie Matsumoto-Takahashi; Michel Strobel; Daniel Reinharz; Manisack Phommasansack; Bouasy Hongvanthong; Paul T. Brey; Shigeyuki Kano

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0006148

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The detection of cryptic Plasmodium infection among villagers in Attapeu province, Lao PDR

Moritoshi Iwagami ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Moritoshi Iwagami, Sengdeuane Keomalaphet

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations SATREPS project (JICA/AMED) for Parasitic Diseases, Vientiane, Lao PDR, Department of Tropical Medicine and Malaria, Research Institute, National Center for Global Health and Medicine (NCGM), Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan, Parasitology Laboratory, Institut Pasteur du Laos (IPL), Ministry of Health, Vientiane capital, Lao PDR
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Sengdeuane Keomalaphet ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Moritoshi Iwagami, Sengdeuane Keomalaphet

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliations SATREPS project (JICA/AMED) for Parasitic Diseases, Vientiane, Lao PDR, Parasitology Laboratory, Institut Pasteur du Laos (IPL), Ministry of Health, Vientiane capital, Lao PDR, Institut de la Francophone pour la Médecine Tropicale, Vientiane capital, Lao PDR
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Phonepadith Khattignavong,

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliations SATREPS project (JICA/AMED) for Parasitic Diseases, Vientiane, Lao PDR, Parasitology Laboratory, Institut Pasteur du Laos (IPL), Ministry of Health, Vientiane capital, Lao PDR
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Pheovaly Soundala,

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliations SATREPS project (JICA/AMED) for Parasitic Diseases, Vientiane, Lao PDR, Parasitology Laboratory, Institut Pasteur du Laos (IPL), Ministry of Health, Vientiane capital, Lao PDR
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Lavy Lorphachan,

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliations SATREPS project (JICA/AMED) for Parasitic Diseases, Vientiane, Lao PDR, Parasitology Laboratory, Institut Pasteur du Laos (IPL), Ministry of Health, Vientiane capital, Lao PDR
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Emilie Matsumoto-Takahashi,

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

Affiliations SATREPS project (JICA/AMED) for Parasitic Diseases, Vientiane, Lao PDR, Department of Tropical Medicine and Malaria, Research Institute, National Center for Global Health and Medicine (NCGM), Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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Michel Strobel,

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology

Affiliation Institut de la Francophone pour la Médecine Tropicale, Vientiane capital, Lao PDR
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Daniel Reinharz,

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology

Affiliations Institut de la Francophone pour la Médecine Tropicale, Vientiane capital, Lao PDR, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Université Laval, Quebec, Canada
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Manisack Phommasansack,

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Laboratory Section, Center of Malariology, Parasitology and Entomology (CMPE), Ministry of Health, Vientiane capital, Lao PDR
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Bouasy Hongvanthong,

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations SATREPS project (JICA/AMED) for Parasitic Diseases, Vientiane, Lao PDR, Center of Malariology, Parasitology and Entomology (CMPE), Ministry of Health, Vientiane capital, Lao PDR
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Paul T. Brey,

Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations SATREPS project (JICA/AMED) for Parasitic Diseases, Vientiane, Lao PDR, Institut Pasteur du Laos (IPL), Ministry of Health, Vientiane capital, Lao PDR
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Shigeyuki Kano

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: kano@ri.ncgm.go.jp

Affiliations SATREPS project (JICA/AMED) for Parasitic Diseases, Vientiane, Lao PDR, Department of Tropical Medicine and Malaria, Research Institute, National Center for Global Health and Medicine (NCGM), Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan, Parasitology Laboratory, Institut Pasteur du Laos (IPL), Ministry of Health, Vientiane capital, Lao PDR

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9050-4955

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The detection of cryptic Plasmodium infection among villagers in Attapeu province, Lao PDR

Moritoshi Iwagami,
Sengdeuane Keomalaphet,
Phonepadith Khattignavong,
Pheovaly Soundala,
Lavy Lorphachan,
Emilie Matsumoto-Takahashi,
Michel Strobel,
Daniel Reinharz,
Manisack Phommasansack,
Bouasy Hongvanthong

Published: December 20, 2017
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006148

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