Malaria incidence and prevalence during the first year of life in Nanoro, Burkina Faso: a birth-cohort study.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Infants are thought to be protected against malaria during the first months of life mainly due to passage of maternal antibodies. However, in high transmission settings, malaria in early infancy is not uncommon and susceptibility to the infections varies between individuals. This study aimed to determine malaria morbidity and infection during early childhood in rural Burkina Faso. METHODS:Malariometric indices were determined over 1-year follow-up in a birth cohort of 734 infants living in Nanoro health district. Clinical malaria episodes were determined by passive case detection at peripheral health centres while asymptomatic malaria infections were identified during  4 cross-sectional surveys at 3, 6, 9 and 12 months of age. Plasmodium falciparum infections were detected by ra

SUBMITTER: Natama HM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5898041 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature