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Plasmodium falciparum multiplicity correlates with anaemia in symptomatic malaria.
Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH - 1 Oct 2003
Mockenhaupt Frank P, Ehrhardt Stephan, Eggelte Teunis A, Markert Miriam, Anemana Sylvester, Otchwemah Rowland, Bienzle Ulrich
Abstract excerpt
In 366 Ghanaian children with symptomatic Plasmodium falciparum malaria, low haemoglobin levels and severe anaemia were associated with a high multiplicity of infection (MOI) and with distinct merozoite surface protein alleles. High MOI not only reflects premunition but may also contribute to anaemia in symptomatic malaria.
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