One hundred malaria attacks since birth. A longitudinal study of African children and young adults exposed to high malaria transmission.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite significant progress in malaria control over the past twenty years, malaria remains a leading cause of child morbidity and mortality in Tropical Africa. As most patients do not consult any health facility much uncertainty persists about the true burden of the disease and the range of individual differences in susceptibility to malaria.

Methods

Over a 25-years period, from 1990 to 2015, the inhabitants of Dielmo village, Senegal, an area of intense malaria transmission, have been monitored daily for their presence in the village and the occurrence of diseases. In case of fever thick blood films were systematically examined through microscopy for malaria parasites and patients received prompt diagnosis and treatment.

Findings

We analysed data collecte

SUBMITTER: Trape JF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10770423 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature