Asymptomatic malaria infections are highly prevalent in malaria endemic regions and most
of these infections remain undiagnosed and untreated. Whereas conventional malaria
symptoms are by definition absent, little is known on the more subtle health consequences
of these infections. The aim of our study was to analyze the hematologic, vascular and
inflammatory effects of patent and subpatent asymptomatic malaria parasitemia in children
and adults on the Indonesian island Sumba. Both children and adults with parasitemia had …