Plasmodium falciparum Infection Patterns Since Birth and Risk of Severe Malaria: A Nested Case-Control Study in Children on the Coast of Kenya

Klara Lundblom; Linda Murungi; Victoria Nyaga; Daniel Olsson; Josea Rono; Faith Osier; Edna Ogada; Scott Montgomery; J. Anthony G. Scott; Kevin Marsh; Anna Färnert

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0056032

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Plasmodium falciparum Infection Patterns Since Birth and Risk of Severe Malaria: A Nested Case-Control Study in Children on the Coast of Kenya

Klara Lundblom ,

* E-mail: klara.lundblom@ki.se

Affiliation Unit of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine Solna, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
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Linda Murungi,

Affiliation Kenya Medical Research Institute, Centre for Geographical Medicine Research (Coast), Kilifi, Kenya
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Victoria Nyaga,

Affiliation Kenya Medical Research Institute, Centre for Geographical Medicine Research (Coast), Kilifi, Kenya
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Daniel Olsson,

Affiliation Unit of Biostatistics, Department of Epidemiology, Institute for Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Josea Rono,

Affiliations Unit of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine Solna, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Centre for Geographical Medicine Research (Coast), Kilifi, Kenya
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Faith Osier,

Affiliation Kenya Medical Research Institute, Centre for Geographical Medicine Research (Coast), Kilifi, Kenya
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Edna Ogada,

Affiliation Kenya Medical Research Institute, Centre for Geographical Medicine Research (Coast), Kilifi, Kenya
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Scott Montgomery,

Affiliations Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Department of Medicine Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics Unit, Örebro University Hospital, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden, Department of Primary Care and Public Health, Charing Cross Hospital, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom
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J. Anthony G. Scott,

Affiliations Kenya Medical Research Institute, Centre for Geographical Medicine Research (Coast), Kilifi, Kenya, Centre for Clinical Vaccinology and Tropical Medicine, Churchill Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Kevin Marsh,

Affiliations Kenya Medical Research Institute, Centre for Geographical Medicine Research (Coast), Kilifi, Kenya, Centre for Clinical Vaccinology and Tropical Medicine, Churchill Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Anna Färnert

Affiliation Unit of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine Solna, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
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Plasmodium falciparum Infection Patterns Since Birth and Risk of Severe Malaria: A Nested Case-Control Study in Children on the Coast of Kenya

Klara Lundblom,
Linda Murungi,
Victoria Nyaga,
Daniel Olsson,
Josea Rono,
Faith Osier,
Edna Ogada,
Scott Montgomery,
J. Anthony G. Scott,
Kevin Marsh

Published: February 13, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0056032

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