| household clustering of asymptomatic malaria infections in xepon district, savannakhet province, lao pdr. | in the lao pdr, malaria morbidity and mortality have remarkably decreased over the past decade. however, asymptomatic infections in rural villages contribute to the on-going local transmission. the primary objective of this study was to explore the characteristics of infections in a malaria-endemic district of the lao pdr. the specific objectives were to investigate the prevalence and species of malaria parasites using molecular methods and to assess individual and household parasite levels and ... | 2016 | 27756391 |