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    Survival analysis of the time for the first malarial episode.

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    <p>Kaplan-Meier survival analysis showing the time elapsed from the baseline cross-sectional to the first malarial infection (in days) in 54 schoolchildren followed from April to November 2008, with and without <i>Ascaris lumbricoides</i> (A), hookworm (B) and <i>Trichuris trichiura</i> (C).</p

    Detailed clinical information from 24 children 0–14 years old, admitted to any of the pediatric or neonatal ICUs in Manaus, from 2004 to 2009, with parasitological diagnosis of <i>P. vivax</i>.

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    <p>y years; mo: months; d: days; NA: Non-available; ARDS: Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome; ARF: Acute Renal Failure; PIM: Pediatric Index of Mortality; ITP: Immune Trombocytopenic Purpura.</p>*<p><b>Viral encephalitis</b> confirmed by autopsy; diagnosis of <b>malnutrition</b> confirmed by body mass index (BMI) Z-score <−2; <b>rotavirus gastroenteritis</b> confirmed by immunochromatographic rapid test in the stool; <b>cystic fibrosis</b> suggested by lung biopsy; <b>sepsis</b> confirmed by two positive blood cultures; <b>G6PD deficiency</b> confirmed by qualitative Brewer's test; <b>lung empyema</b> confirmed by computed tomography; <b>urosepsis</b> confirmed by both positive urine and blood culture; <b>ITP</b> confirmed by ASH criteria; ARDS defined as acute bilateral lung infiltrates and a PaO<sub>2</sub>∶FiO<sub>2</sub><200 mmHg.</p
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