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Malaria parasite species composition of Plasmodium infections among asymptomatic and symptomatic school-age children in rural and urban areas of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo

Crossref DOI link: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-021-03919-4

Published Online: 2021-10-02

Published Print: 2021-12

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Authors

Nundu, Sabin S.

Culleton, Richard

Simpson, Shirley V.

Arima, Hiroaki

Muyembe, Jean-Jacques

Mita, Toshihiro

Ahuka, Steve

Yamamoto, Taro
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Article History

Accepted: 16 September 2021

First Online: 2 October 2021

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: The study was approved by the ethics committees of the School of Public Health, Kinshasa University, DRC (Approval number: ESP/CE/042/2019) and the Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University (Approval number: 190110208-2). Written informed consent was obtained from children’s parents/guardians and assent from children ≥ 7 years old were sought. The written informed consent document was provided either in French (official language) or Lingala (local language) depending on the parent’s educational background. All malaria positive cases from RDTs were treated according to national malaria diagnosis and treatment guidelines.

: Consent for publication was obtained from the parents/guardians of each child during the study.

: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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