Highlands Malaria is Common but HIV very rare in Rural Areas of Burundi 2,000 Meters above Sea Level (Short communication)

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Highlands malaria is defined as falciparum parasitaemia at 1,500 meters above sea level nowadays above 2,000 meters. Here we describe the relatively high proportion among outpatients in rural Burundi with a low density of population and travel mobility leading to minimal occurrence of HIV and TB.

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Title: Clinical Social Work and Health Intervention

Abbreviated Title: cswhi

Publisher: Journal of Clinical Social Work and Health Intervention

ISSN (Print): 2222386X

ISSN (Electronic): 20769741

Publication date Created: April 4 2021

Publication date Created: March 31 2021

Publication date (Print): April 4 2021

Publication date (Electronic): March 31 2021

Volume: 12

Issue: 1

Pages: 54-55

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DOI: 10.22359/cswhi_12_1_11

SO-VID: ced9bd4f-175b-4ff2-8f75-2605b55d089f

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