Malaria hospitalisation in East Africa: age, phenotype and transmission intensity

A Kamau, RS Paton, S Akech, A Mpimbaza… - BMC medicine, 2022 - Springer
Background Understanding the age patterns of disease is necessary to target interventions
to maximise cost-effective impact. New malaria chemoprevention and vaccine initiatives …

Age-patterns of malaria vary with severity, transmission intensity and seasonality in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and pooled analysis

I Carneiro, A Roca-Feltrer, JT Griffin, L Smith… - PloS one, 2010 - journals.plos.org
Background There is evidence that the age-pattern of Plasmodium falciparum malaria varies
with transmission intensity. A better understanding of how this varies with the severity of …

Improving malaria control in West Africa: interruption of transmission as a paradigm shift

SO Doumbia, D Ndiaye, OA Koita, M Diakité… - Acta tropica, 2012 - Elsevier
With the paradigm shift from the reduction of morbidity and mortality to the interruption of
transmission, the focus of malaria control broadens from symptomatic infections in …

Malaria paediatric hospitalization between 1999 and 2008 across Kenya

EA Okiro, VA Alegana, AM Noor, JJ Mutheu, E Juma… - BMC medicine, 2009 - Springer
Background Intervention coverage and funding for the control of malaria in Africa has
increased in recent years, however, there are few descriptions of changing disease burden …

The age-specific incidence of hospitalized paediatric malaria in Uganda

A Mpimbaza, R Walemwa, J Kapisi, A Sserwanga… - BMC infectious …, 2020 - Springer
Background Understanding the relationship between malaria infection risk and disease
outcomes represents a fundamental component of morbidity and mortality burden …

The age patterns of severe malaria syndromes in sub-Saharan Africa across a range of transmission intensities and seasonality settings

A Roca-Feltrer, I Carneiro, L Smith… - Malaria journal, 2010 - Springer
Background A greater understanding of the relationship between transmission intensity,
seasonality and the age-pattern of malaria is needed to guide appropriate targeting of …

Epidemiological and clinical profile of paediatric malaria: a cross sectional study performed on febrile children in five epidemiological strata of malaria in Cameroon

TE Kwenti, TDB Kwenti, A Latz, LA Njunda… - BMC infectious …, 2017 - Springer
Background In the wake of a decline in global malaria, it is imperative to describe the
epidemiology of malaria in a country to inform control policies. The purpose of this study was …

The current malaria morbidity and mortality in different transmission settings in Western Kenya

A Kapesa, EJ Kweka, H Atieli, YA Afrane… - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Background Passive surveillance of malaria in health facilities remains vital for
implementation of control and elimination programs. It is therefore essential understanding …

Malaria in rural Mozambique. Part I: children attending the outpatient clinic

C Guinovart, Q Bassat, B Sigaúque, P Aide, J Sacarlal… - Malaria journal, 2008 - Springer
Background Malaria represents a huge burden for the health care services across Africa.
Describing malaria attending health services contributes to quantify the burden and describe …

[HTML][HTML] Severe malaria in African children—the need for continuing investment

K Maitland - New England Journal of Medicine, 2016 - Mass Medical Soc
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