Profiles of Plasmodium falciparum infections detected by microscopy through the first year of life in Kintampo a high transmission area of Ghana.

Although malaria mortality among children under five years of age is high, the characteristics of their infection patterns are not well described. The aim of this study was to examine the longitudinal sequence pattern of Plasmodium falciparum infections in the first year of life within a birth cohor...

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Main Authors: Akua Kyerewaa Botwe, Seth Owusu-Agyei, Muhammad Asghar, Ulf Hammar, Felix Boakye Oppong, Stephaney Gyaase, David Dosoo, Gabriel Jakpa, Ellen Boamah, Mieks Frenken Twumasi, Faith Osier, Anna Färnert, Kwaku Poku Asante
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0240814