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The ratio of monocytes to lymphocytes in peripheral blood correlates with increased susceptibility to clinical malaria in Kenyan children.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Warimwe George M, Murungi Linda M, Kamuyu Gathoni, Nyangweso George M, Wambua Juliana, Naranbhai Vivek, Fletcher Helen A, Hill Adrian V S, Bejon Philip, Osier Faith H A, Marsh Kevin
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BACKGROUND: Plasmodium falciparum malaria remains a major cause of illness and death in sub-Saharan Africa. Young children bear the brunt of the disease and though older children and adults suffer relatively fewer clinical attacks, they remain susceptible to asymptomatic P. falciparum infection. A better understanding of the host factors associated with immunity to clinical malaria and the ability to sustain...
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