Immunity to non-cerebral severe malaria is acquired after one or two infections.
In areas of stable transmission, clinical immunity to mild malaria is acquired slowly, so it is not usually effective until early adolescence. Life-threatening disease is, however, restricted to a much younger age group, indicating that resistance to the severe clinical consequences of infection is...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Jezik: | English |
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1999
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