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Fulani show decreased susceptibility to Plasmodium falciparum infection versus Mossi: data from a community-wide screening and treatment of asymptomatic carriers in Burkina Faso

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 vill...

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Autores principales: Tiono, Alfred B, Sirima, Sodiomon B, Hamed, Kamal
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3662604/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23680454
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-12-163