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Table 2 Areas of focus for malaria research in Malawi

From: Malaria research in Malawi from 1984 to 2016: a literature review and bibliometric analysis

Field of malaria research

Number of publications

Approved studies

Malaria in pregnancy

105 (21.7%)

15 (9.1%)

Severe malaria

97 (20.1%)

28 (17%)

Vector and/or agent dynamics

69 (14.3%)

16 (9.7%)

Morbidity

64 (13.3%)

33 (20%)

Drug evaluation

52 (10.8%)

20 (12.1%)

HPSR

38 (7.9%)

24 (14.5%)

Prevention

30 (6.2%)

14 (8.5%)

Diagnosis

20 (4.1%)

6 (3.6%)

Immunology

7 (1.4%)

3 (1.8%)

Malaria vaccine

1 (0.2%)

6 (3.6%)

Total

483 (100%)

165 (100%)