TY - JOUR AU - Fradejas, Isabel AU - Rubio, José Miguel AU - Martín-Díaz, Ariadna AU - Herrero-Martínez, Juan María AU - Ruiz-Giardin, José Manuel AU - Rojo-Marcos, Gerardo AU - Velasco, María AU - Calderón-Moreno, María AU - Azcona-Gutierrez, José Manuel AU - Merino, Francisco Jesús AU - Olmo, Belén Andrés AU - Espinosa, María AU - Cuadrado, María AU - González-Monte, Esther AU - Jaqueti, Jerónimo AU - Cuadros, Juan AU - Campelo, Carolina AU - Delgado-Iribarren, Alberto AU - Martín-Rabadán, Pablo AU - García-García, Concepción AU - Martín-Laso, María Ángeles AU - Valle-Borrego, Beatriz AU - García, María Coral AU - Lizasoaín, Manuel AU - Pérez-Ayala, Ana PY - 2019 DA - 2019/07/17 TI - Prevalence of submicroscopic malaria infection in immigrants living in Spain JO - Malaria Journal SP - 242 VL - 18 IS - 1 AB - The importance of submicroscopic malaria infections in high-transmission areas could contribute to maintain the parasite cycle. Regarding non-endemic areas, its importance remains barely understood because parasitaemia in these afebrile patients is usually below the detection limits for microscopy, hence molecular techniques are often needed for its diagnosis. In addition to this, the lack of standardized protocols for the screening of submicroscopic malaria in immigrants from endemic areas may underestimate the infection with Plasmodium spp. The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of submicroscopic malaria in afebrile immigrants living in a non-endemic area. SN - 1475-2875 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-019-2870-3 DO - 10.1186/s12936-019-2870-3 ID - Fradejas2019 ER -