Journal article
Relation between falciparum malaria and bacteraemia in Kenyan children: a population-based, case-control study and a longitudinal study.
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BACKGROUND: Many investigators have suggested that malaria infection predisposes individuals to bacteraemia. We tested this hypothesis with mendelian randomisation studies of children with the malaria-protective phenotype of sickle-cell trait (HbAS). METHODS: This study was done in a defined area around Kilifi District Hospital, Kilifi, Kenya. We did a matched case-control study to identify risk factors for invasive bacterial disease, in which cases were children aged 3 months to 13 years wh...
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- Publication status:
- Published
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- Journal:
- Lancet
- Volume:
- 378
- Issue:
- 9799
- Pages:
- 1316-1323
- Publication date:
- 2011-10-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1474-547X
- ISSN:
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0140-6736
- Source identifiers:
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175195
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- English
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- Pubs id:
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pubs:175195
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- pubs:175195
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- 2012-12-19
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- 2011
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