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Malaria in southern Mozambique: incidence of clinical malaria in children living in a rural community in Manhiça district

Saúte, francisco; Aponte, john; Almeda, jesus; Ascaso, carlos; Vaz, neide; Dgedge, martinho; Alonso, pedro.
Trans. R. Soc. Trop. Med. Hyg. (Online); 97 (6), 2003
We estimated the incidence of clinical malaria episodes by weekly home-based active case detection between December 1996 and July 1999 in 2 groups of children in Manhiça district in southern Mozambique. Cohort 1 comprised a random sample of children aged <10 years at recruitment and cohort 2 comprised n...
Malaria, Falciparum/blood, Mozambique/epidemiology, Multivariate Analysis, Anemia/parasitology, Fever/parasitology
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Malaria in southern Mozambique: malariometric indicators and malaria case definition in Manhiça district

Saúte, francisco; Aponte, john; Almeda, jesus; Ascaso, carlos; Abellana, rosa; Vaz, neide; Dgedge, martinho; Alonso, pedro.
Trans. R. Soc. Trop. Med. Hyg. (Online); 97 (6), 2003
A total of 2057 children aged <10 years were selected at random from a demographic surveillance system and enrolled in 4 malariometric cross-sectional surveys in different seasons in Manhiça district in southern Mozambique. Plasmodium falciparum accounted for 90% of all malaria infections and the preval...
Malaria, Falciparum/epidemiology, Mozambique/epidemiology, Malaria, Falciparum/blood, Anemia/parasitology, Prevalence
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