Incidence of clinical malaria, acute respiratory illness, and diarrhoea in children in southern Malawi: a prospective cohort study

• Published in: Malaria Journal
• Main Authors: Tinashe A. Tizifa, Alinune N. Kabaghe, Robert S. McCann, William Nkhono, Spencer Mtengula, Willem Takken, Kamija S. Phiri, Michele van Vugt
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: BMC 2021
• Subjects: Malaria; Incidence; Acute respiratory infections; Diarrhoea; Under-five children; Community engagement; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Arctic; Ari; Aris
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-021-04013-5; https://doaj.org/article/d8cf274c4bf443a6b9b9d11dc724b0bf

Abstract Background Malaria, acute respiratory infections (ARIs) and diarrhoea are the leading causes of morbidity and mortality among children under 5 years old. Estimates of the malaria incidence are available from a previous study conducted in southern Malawi in the absence of community-led malar...