Nutritional status in young children prior to the malaria transmission season in Burkina Faso and Mali, and its impact on the incidence of clinical malaria
de Wit M, Cairns M, Compaoré Y, Sagara I, Kuepfer I, Zongo I, Barry A, Diarra M, Tapily A, Coumare S, Thera I, Nikiema F, Yerbanga R, Guissou R, Tinto H, Dicko A, Chandramohan D, Greenwood B, Ouedraogo J. Nutritional status in young children prior to the malaria transmission season in Burkina Faso and Mali, and its impact on the incidence of clinical malaria. Malaria Journal 2021, 20: 274. PMID: 34158054, PMCID: PMC8220741, DOI: 10.1186/s12936-021-03802-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsClinical malaria incidenceSeasonal malaria chemopreventionMalaria transmission seasonClinical malariaNutritional statusMalaria incidenceMalaria chemopreventionSubsequent incidenceTransmission seasonMalaria seasonNutritional indicatorsEffects of malnutritionYoung childrenSymptomatic malariaScreening visitArm circumferenceLower incidenceModerate wastingHigh incidenceRandom effects Poisson modelBurkina FasoInsecticidal netsMalaria controlMalnutritionMalaria