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Plasmodium falciparum Infection Patterns Since Birth and Risk of Severe Malaria: A Nested Case-Control Study in Children on the Coast of Kenya

Children in malaria endemic areas acquire immunity to severe malaria faster than to mild malaria. Only a minority of children suffers from severe malaria and it is not known what determines this. The aim of this study was to establish how P. falciparum infections during the first years of life affec...

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Autores principales: Lundblom, Klara, Murungi, Linda, Nyaga, Victoria, Olsson, Daniel, Rono, Josea, Osier, Faith, Ogada, Edna, Montgomery, Scott, Scott, J. Anthony G., Marsh, Kevin, Färnert, Anna
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3572150/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23418502
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0056032