Gender Influence on Asymptomatic Malaria Diagnosis

Abstract The characterisation and identification of malaria reservoirs are major challenges for the efficacy of control and elimination programs. Malaria asymptomatic infections are highly prevalent in different malaria settings worldwide and constitute a great obstacle for disease control and elimination. The monitoring of asymptomatic malaria infection requires active case detection in many cases challenging the limit of diagnostic technology detection. We evaluated diagnostic methods and analyzed the gender dimension implication for asymptomatic malaria diagnosis on a high-endemic malaria region during the dry-season.