title: Malaria and asymptomatic parasitaemia in Gabonese infants under the age of 3 months.
abstract: We determined the incidence of both malaria and asymptomatic parasitaemia in infants under the age of 3 months within the framework of a longitudinal cohort study in Lambaréné, Gabon, between December 2002 and July 2004. Of 878 infants who were included at birth, we identified malaria in three infants and, additionally, asymptomatic parasitaemia in six infants. The malaria incidence density was 1.1/1000 person-months or 0.1% of observations. Our findings underpin the notion that the incidence of malaria and parasitaemia in infants below the age of 3 months is very low.
authors.affiliation: Medical Research Unit, Albert Schweitzer Hospital, B.P. 118, Lambaréné, Gabon.
authors.forename: Peter M C
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Klein Klouwenberg
authors.forename: Sunny
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Oyakhirome
authors.forename: Norbert G
authors.initials: NG
authors.lastname: Schwarz
authors.forename: Benjamin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gläser
authors.forename: Saadou
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Issifou
authors.forename: Georg
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kiessling
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Klöpfer
authors.forename: Peter G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Kremsner
authors.forename: Matthias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Längin
authors.forename: Britta
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lassmann
authors.forename: Magdalena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Necek
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pötschke
authors.forename: Alexandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ritz
authors.forename: Martin P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Grobusch
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005681:Gabon / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008288:Malaria / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D018512:Parasitemia / Q000453:epidemiology*