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Evidence for Over-Dispersion in the Distribution of Clinical Malaria Episodes in Children

BACKGROUND: It may be assumed that patterns of clinical malaria in children of similar age under the same level of exposure would follow a Poisson distribution with no over-dispersion. Longitudinal studies that have been conducted over many years suggest that some children may experience more episod...

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Autores principales: Mwangi, Tabitha Wanja, Fegan, Gregory, Williams, Thomas Neil, Kinyanjui, Sam Muchina, Snow, Robert William, Marsh, Kevin
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2374912/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18493319
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0002196