Malaria infection, disease and mortality among children and adults on the coast of Kenya

• Published in: Malaria Journal
• Main Authors: Alice Kamau, Grace Mtanje, Christine Mataza, Gabriel Mwambingu, Neema Mturi, Shebe Mohammed, Gerald Ong’ayo, Gideon Nyutu, Amek Nyaguara, Philip Bejon, Robert W. Snow
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: BMC 2020
• Subjects: Malaria; Age-pattern; Adults; Immunity; Infection; Mortality; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Arctic; Homestead
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-020-03286-6; https://doaj.org/article/6bc3998cb418463582067bd328735c98

Abstract Background Malaria transmission has recently fallen in many parts of Africa, but systematic descriptions of infection and disease across all age groups are rare. Here, an epidemiological investigation of parasite prevalence, the incidence of fevers associated with infection, severe hospital...