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Severe chikungunya infection in northern mozambique: a case report

Aly , mussa manuel; Ali, Sadia; Muianga, argentina felisbela; Monteiro, vanessa; Gallego, jorge galano; Weyer, jacqueline; Cliff, julie; Gudo, eduardo samo.

BCM res. notes; 10 (1), 2017

Background: Although Chikungunya virus has rapidly expanded to several countries in sub-Saharan Africa, little attention has been paid to its control and management. Until recently, Chikungunya has been regarded as a benign and self-limiting disease. In this report we describe the first case of severe Ch...

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A country-wide malaria survey in Mozambique. II. Malaria attributable proportion of fever and establishment of malaria case definition in children across different epidemiological settings

Mabunda, samuel; Aponte, john j; Tiago, armindo; Alonso, pdro.

Malar. j. (Online); 8 (74), 2009

Background: Protection against clinical malaria episodes is acquired slowly after frequent exposure to malaria parasites. This is reflected by a decrease with increasing age in both parasite density and incidence of clinical episodes. In many settings of stable malaria transmission, the presence...

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