Co-infection of long-term carriers of Plasmodium falciparum with Schistosoma haematobium enhances protection from febrile malaria: a prospective cohort study in Mali.

• Main Authors: Safiatou Doumbo (Author), Tuan M Tran (Author), Jules Sangala (Author), Shanping Li (Author), Didier Doumtabe (Author), Younoussou Kone (Author), Abdrahamane Traoré (Author), Aboudramane Bathily (Author), Nafomon Sogoba (Author), Michel E Coulibaly (Author), Chiung-Yu Huang (Author), Aissata Ongoiba (Author), Kassoum Kayentao (Author), Mouctar Diallo (Author), Zongo Dramane (Author), Thomas B Nutman (Author), Peter D Crompton (Author), Ogobara Doumbo (Author), Boubacar Traore (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2014-09-01T00:00:00Z.
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Malaria and schistosomiasis often overlap in tropical and subtropical countries and impose tremendous disease burdens; however, the extent to which schistosomiasis modifies the risk of febrile malaria remains unclear.We evaluated the effect of baseline S. haematobium mono-infection, baseline P. falc...