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The deaths due to malaria were greater in children under a year of age
and adults older than 46. The children were probably malnourished, a
common problem in the poorest families. The proportion of deaths due to
P. falciparum is close to 1 per 1000 patients; these strains may be of
low virulence.
Large surveys of malaria carriage in the general population have not been made in Peruvian endemic areas. |