Plasmodium falciparum infection patterns since birth and risk of severe malaria: a nested case-control study in children on the coast of Kenya.

Children in malaria endemic areas acquire immunity to severe malaria faster than to mild malaria. Only a minority of children suffers from severe malaria and it is not known what determines this. The aim of this study was to establish how P. falciparum infections during the first years of life affec...

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Published in:	PLoS ONE
Main Authors:	Klara Lundblom, Linda Murungi, Victoria Nyaga, Daniel Olsson, Josea Rono, Faith Osier, Edna Ogada, Scott Montgomery, J Anthony G Scott, Kevin Marsh, Anna Färnert
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Online Access:	http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3572150?pdf=render