Malaria

Household conditions can play a major role in malaria risk

Published in Malaria Weekly, November 28th, 2005

Some young children suffer twice as many malaria attacks as those who may be living just yards away from those children, new research reveals.

A 5-year study of over 3,500 children living in eastern Kenya, shows that household conditions can play a major role in susceptibility to the disease, which kills around 2m people every year.

And although some of this is explained by families who live together sharing some malaria-resistant genes, the biggest impact seems to come from household conditions. Even the well-known resistance gene, sickle cell, contributes just a small amount to malaria risk.

Dr. Margaret Mackinnon, who carried...

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Source: Malaria Weekly (2005-11-28)

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