High mortality from Plasmodium falciparum malaria in children living with sickle cell anemia on the coast of Kenya.
Although malaria is widely considered a major cause of death in young children born with sickle cell anemia (SCA) in sub-Saharan Africa, this is poorly quantified. We attempted to investigate this question through 4 large case-control analyses involving 7164 children living on the coast of Kenya. SC...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2010
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