Browsing by Author "Adebo, Senait M."

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    Asymptomatic Malaria and Other Infections in Children Adopted from Ethiopia, United States, 2006-2011
    (Centers For Disease Control and Prevention, 2015-07) Adebo, Senait M.; Eckerle, Judith K.; Andrews, Mary E.; Howard, Cynthia R.; John, Chandy C.; Department of Pediatrics, IU School of Medicine
    We screened 52 children adopted from Ethiopia for malaria because they had previously lived in a disease-endemic region or had past or current hepatomegaly or splenomegaly. Seven (13.5%) children had asymptomatic malaria parasitemia by microscopy (n = 2) or PCR (n = 5). Our findings suggest that adoptees at risk for asymptomatic malaria should be screened, preferably by PCR.