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The Ratio of Monocytes to Lymphocytes in Peripheral Blood Correlates with Increased Susceptibility to Clinical Malaria in Kenyan Children

BACKGROUND: Plasmodium falciparum malaria remains a major cause of illness and death in sub-Saharan Africa. Young children bear the brunt of the disease and though older children and adults suffer relatively fewer clinical attacks, they remain susceptible to asymptomatic P. falciparum infection. A b...

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Autores principales: Warimwe, George M., Murungi, Linda M., Kamuyu, Gathoni, Nyangweso, George M., Wambua, Juliana, Naranbhai, Vivek, Fletcher, Helen A., Hill, Adrian V. S., Bejon, Philip, Osier, Faith H. A., Marsh, Kevin
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/PMC3577721/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23437368
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0057320