title: Fulani show decreased susceptibility to Plasmodium falciparum infection versus Mossi: data from a community-wide screening and treatment of asymptomatic carriers in Burkina Faso.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The Fulani ethnic group is known to have a lower susceptibility to Plasmodium falciparum infection than the Mossi.
  
  
  METHODS
  This commentary describes data from a recent cluster-randomized trial of community-wide screening and treatment of asymptomatic carriers of P. falciparum in 18 villages in Saponé, Burkina Faso.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The Fulani groups had a lower proportion of asymptomatic carriers at any occasion, a lower density of asexual forms and gametocytes of P. falciparum at baseline, and, in children under five years of age, lower rates of symptomatic malaria episodes per person-year than the Mossi.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These data confirm previously reported differences in P. falciparum susceptibility between Fulani and Mossi.
authors.forename: Alfred B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Tiono
authors.forename: Sodiomon B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Sirima
authors.forename: Kamal
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hamed
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000962:Antimalarials / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002050:Burkina Faso; D002353:Carrier State / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005006:Ethnicity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D016778:Malaria, Falciparum / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D059208:Parasite Load; D018512:Parasitemia / Q000469:parasitology; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D000962:Antimalarials