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Reduced risk of clinical malaria in children infected with multiple clones of Plasmodium falciparum in a highly endemic area: a prospective community study.
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene - 1 Jan 2000
al-Yaman F, Genton B, Reeder J C, Anders R F, Smith T, Alpers M P
Abstract excerpt
A prospective community study in a highly malaria endemic area of Papua New Guinea found that infection with multiple Plasmodium falciparum genotypes was an indicator of lowered risk of subsequent clinical attack. The results suggest that concurrent or very recent infections provide protection from superinfecting parasites. The finding of an association between reduced risk of clinical malaria and infection with...
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