%0 Journal Article %9 ACL : Articles dans des revues avec comité de lecture non répertoriées par l'AERES %A Trape, Jean-François %T Rapid evolution of malaria parasite density and standardization of thick smear examination for epidemiological investigations %D 1985 %L fdi:24610 %G ENG %J Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene %@ 0035-9203 %K EPIDEMIOLOGIE ; PALUDISME ; ZONE ; ENDEMIE ; TEST ; IMMUNOLOGIE %K GOUTTE EPAISSE ; PARASITEMIE %K CONGO %K LINZOLO %P 181-184 %R 10.1016/0035-9203(85)90329-3 %U https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:24610 %> https://horizon.documentation.ird.fr/exl-doc/pleins_textes/pleins_textes_5/b_fdi_18-19/24610.pdf %V 79 %W Horizon (IRD) %X The results of epidemiological surveys and the follow-up of malaria endemicity are often difficult to compare due to the high frequency of low-density parasitaemia in semi-immune populations. Detecting malaria parasites is dependent on the conditions and methods of parasitological examination. A standardized method of examination in epidemiological surveys is proposed: this includes the systematic rapid determination of parasite density. %$ 052ANOPAL03