A natural experiment in Kenya reveals durable immunosuppressive effects of early childhood malaria: a longitudinal cohort study.
Safari MS; Makori TO; Gicheru ET; Mburu MW; Nyawa OK; Shee FM; Nyagwange J; Kagucia EW; Ndungu FM; Kuria TC; Tuju JO; Sande CJ
Chronic malaria might change how the immune system works, but we don't know exactly how it affects the body's response to other diseases in the long run. We are also unsure if these changes last after the malaria infection is gone and how being exposed early in life influences immunity over time.