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Is chronic malnutrition associated with an increase in malaria incidence? A cohort study in children aged under 5 years in rural Gambia
BACKGROUND: Malnutrition is common in children in sub-Saharan Africa and is thought to increase the risk of infectious diseases, including malaria. The relationship between malnutrition and malaria was examined in a cohort of 6–59 month-old children in rural Gambia, in an area of seasonal malaria tr...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2018
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6090805/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30081945 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-018-3026-y |