A country-wide malaria survey in Mozambique. II. Malaria attributable proportion of fever and establishment of malaria case definition in children across different epidemiological settings

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Protection against clinical malaria episodes is acquired slowly after frequent exposure to malaria parasites. This is reflected by a decrease with increasing age in both parasite density and incidence of clinical episodes. In many se...

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Main Authors: Tiago Armindo, Aponte John J, Mabunda Samuel, Alonso Pedro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-04-01
Series:Malaria Journal
Online Access:http://www.malariajournal.com/content/8/1/74