Substantial asymptomatic submicroscopic Plasmodium carriage during dry season in low transmission areas in Senegal: Implications for malaria control and elimination

• Makhtar Niang ,

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

  * E-mail: mniang@pasteur.sn

  Affiliation Immunology Unit, Institut Pasteur Dakar, Dakar, Sénégal

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0810-4595

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• Laty Gaye Thiam ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Laty Gaye Thiam, Rokhaya Sane

  Roles Methodology, Validation

  Affiliation Immunology Unit, Institut Pasteur Dakar, Dakar, Sénégal

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• Rokhaya Sane ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Laty Gaye Thiam, Rokhaya Sane

  Roles Methodology, Validation

  Affiliation Immunology Unit, Institut Pasteur Dakar, Dakar, Sénégal

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• Nafissatou Diagne,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development, URMITE, URMITE UMR 198, Dakar, Sénégal

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• Cheikh Talla,

  Roles Formal analysis, Software, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Epidemiology Unit, Institut Pasteur Dakar, Dakar, Sénégal

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• Souleymane Doucoure,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development, URMITE, URMITE UMR 198, Dakar, Sénégal

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• Joseph Faye,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Epidemiology Unit, Institut Pasteur Dakar, Dakar, Sénégal

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• Fode Diop,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Immunology Unit, Institut Pasteur Dakar, Dakar, Sénégal

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• Abdoulaye Badiane,

  Roles Investigation, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Epidemiology Unit, Institut Pasteur Dakar, Dakar, Sénégal

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• Babacar Diouf,

  Roles Methodology, Validation

  Affiliation Immunology Unit, Institut Pasteur Dakar, Dakar, Sénégal

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• Diogop Camara,

  Roles Methodology, Validation

  Affiliation Immunology Unit, Institut Pasteur Dakar, Dakar, Sénégal

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• Fatoumata Diene-Sarr,

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

  Affiliation Epidemiology Unit, Institut Pasteur Dakar, Dakar, Sénégal

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• Cheikh Sokhna,

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

  Affiliation French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development, URMITE, URMITE UMR 198, Dakar, Sénégal

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• Vincent Richard,

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

  Affiliation Epidemiology Unit, Institut Pasteur Dakar, Dakar, Sénégal

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• Aissatou Toure-Balde

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Immunology Unit, Institut Pasteur Dakar, Dakar, Sénégal

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