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Malaria Birth Cohort (MBC) in Agogo, Ghana

NCT04050566 · Status: UNKNOWN · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 1800

Last updated 2021-09-01

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Malaria is a major health threat worldwide with an estimated 229 million cases and 409,000 deaths in 2019 (WHO, World Malaria Report 2019). Vulnerable are young children and pregnant women. The study aims to investigate immunity development against malaria with regard to parasite, human, and socioeconomic factors and possible correlations with pathology or protection in a prospective birth cohort.

Conditions

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

    collaborator OTHER

  • Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research (KCCR)

    collaborator OTHER

  • Heidelberg University

    collaborator OTHER

  • KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Collaborative Research Program

    collaborator OTHER

  • Agogo Presbyterian Hospital

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine

    lead OTHER_GOV

Principal Investigators

  • Jürgen May, Prof · Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine

  • John H Amuasi, Dr · Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology (KNUST)

  • Eva Mertens, PhD · Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine

  • Nicole Struck, PhD · Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine

  • Oumou Maiga-Ascofaré, PhD · Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-04-08
Primary Completion
2025-04-30
Completion
2025-04-30

Countries

  • Ghana

Study Locations

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Diseases

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