Editorial commentary on: Malaria parasitaemia among long distance truck drivers in the Niger delta of Nigeria.

*Mpimbaza A, Achan J

Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Makerere University, College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda Erhabor et al1 describe the prevalence of asymptomatic malaria in a unique study population of truck drivers, who have otherwise featured in medical literature for risky sexual behaviour and associated high HIV prevalence rates2. Their findings suggest that limited access to adequate health care
facilities and preventative strategies exposes truck drivers to infection with plasmodium facliparum, the most virulent species of the genus plasmodium that causes malaria, accounting for millions of deaths in