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A cohort study of Plasmodium falciparum infection dynamics in Western Kenya Highlands.
BMC infectious diseases - 24 Sept 2010
Baliraine Frederick N, Afrane Yaw A, Amenya Dolphine A, Bonizzoni Mariangela, Vardo-Zalik Anne M, Menge David M, Githeko Andrew K, Yan Guiyun
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BACKGROUND: The Kenyan highlands were malaria-free before the 1910s, but a series of malaria epidemics have occurred in the highlands of western Kenya since the 1980s. Longitudinal studies of the genetic structure, complexity, infection dynamics, and duration of naturally acquired Plasmodium falciparum infections are needed to facilitate a comprehensive understanding of malaria epidemiology in the complex Kenyan...
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