Parasite burden and severity of malaria in Tanzanian children

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 370, Issue 19, 2014, Pages 1799-1808

  Gonçalves, Bronner P ^a   Huang, Chiung Yu ^a   Morrison, Robert ^b   Holte, Sarah ^c   Kabyemela, Edward ^d   Prevots, D Rebecca ^a   Fried, Michal ^a,b,d   Duffy, Patrick E ^a,b,d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b SEATTLE BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^d Muheza Designated District Hospital   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE LOAD; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMIC ACQUIRED RESISTANCE; TANZANIA;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE RESISTANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; PARASITE LOAD; PARASITEMIA; PARITY; PLACENTA; PLACENTA DISEASES; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREGNANCY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SICKLE CELL TRAIT; TANZANIA;

EID: 84899813320     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1303944     Document Type: Article

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