Title |
Population-level effects of clinical immunity to malaria
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Published in |
BMC Infectious Diseases, September 2013
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DOI | 10.1186/1471-2334-13-428 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Lindsay T Keegan, Jonathan Dushoff |
Abstract |
Despite a resurgence in control efforts, malaria remains a serious public-health problem, causing millions of deaths each year. One factor that complicates malaria-control efforts is clinical immunity, the acquired immune response that protects individuals from symptoms despite the presence of parasites. Clinical immunity protects individuals against disease, but its effects at the population level are complex. It has been previously suggested that under certain circumstances, malaria is bistable: it can persist, if established, in areas where it would not be able to invade. This phenomenon has important implications for control: in areas where malaria is bistable, if malaria could be eliminated until immunity wanes, it would not be able to re-invade. |
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Italy | 1 | 11% |
Nigeria | 1 | 11% |
United States | 1 | 11% |
Unknown | 6 | 67% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
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Members of the public | 5 | 56% |
Scientists | 2 | 22% |
Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | 22% |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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United Kingdom | 1 | 1% |
Burkina Faso | 1 | 1% |
United States | 1 | 1% |
Portugal | 1 | 1% |
Unknown | 87 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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Student > Ph. D. Student | 21 | 23% |
Student > Master | 15 | 16% |
Researcher | 14 | 15% |
Student > Bachelor | 7 | 8% |
Professor | 5 | 5% |
Other | 15 | 16% |
Unknown | 14 | 15% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 27 | 30% |
Medicine and Dentistry | 14 | 15% |
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 10 | 11% |
Social Sciences | 5 | 5% |
Immunology and Microbiology | 4 | 4% |
Other | 15 | 16% |
Unknown | 16 | 18% |