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Family analysis of malaria infection in Dienga, Gabon.
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene - 1 Feb 2002
Domarle Olivier, Migot-Nabias Florence, Pilkington Hugo, Elissa Nohal, Touré Fousseyni S, Mayombo Justice, Cot Michel, Deloron Philippe
Abstract excerpt
Fifty children from 9 families were enrolled in a longitudinal study of 8 months to evaluate individual levels of Plasmodium falciparum density in blood during asymptomatic infections. Individual parasite densities were adjusted for age and date of blood intake. The arithmetic means of these adjusted parasite densities (MAPD) were not influenced by sickle cell trait nor by G6PD enzyme activity. On the contrary,...
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