| Title |
Evidence for Over-Dispersion in the Distribution of Clinical Malaria Episodes in Children
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, May 2008
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0002196 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Tabitha Wanja Mwangi, Gregory Fegan, Thomas Neil Williams, Sam Muchina Kinyanjui, Robert William Snow, Kevin Marsh |
| Abstract |
It may be assumed that patterns of clinical malaria in children of similar age under the same level of exposure would follow a Poisson distribution with no over-dispersion. Longitudinal studies that have been conducted over many years suggest that some children may experience more episodes of clinical malaria than would be expected. The aim of this study was to identify this group of children and investigate possible causes for this increased susceptibility. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 73 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 2 | 3% |
| United States | 2 | 3% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 3% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1% |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1% |
| Tanzania, United Republic of | 1 | 1% |
| Thailand | 1 | 1% |
| Canada | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 62 | 85% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 21 | 29% |
| Researcher | 17 | 23% |
| Student > Master | 8 | 11% |
| Professor | 6 | 8% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 4 | 5% |
| Other | 14 | 19% |
| Unknown | 3 | 4% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 25 | 34% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 15 | 21% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 6 | 8% |
| Mathematics | 6 | 8% |
| Social Sciences | 4 | 5% |
| Other | 12 | 16% |
| Unknown | 5 | 7% |