TY - JOUR AU - Danquah, Ina AU - Bedu-Addo, George AU - Mockenhaupt, Frank P. T1 - Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Increased Risk for Malaria Infection T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2010 VL - 16 IS - 10 SP - 1601 SN - 1080-6059 AB - A case–control study of 1,466 urban adults in Ghana found that patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus had a 46% increased risk for infection with Plasmodium falciparum. Increase in diabetes mellitus prevalence may put more persons at risk for malaria infection. KW - Malaria KW - vector-borne infections KW - risk factors KW - Plasmodium KW - diabetes mellitus KW - Ghana KW - parasites KW - dispatch DO - 10.3201/eid1610.100399 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/16/10/10-0399_article ER - End of Reference