prevalence and risk factors of malaria among children in southern highland rwanda. | abstract: background: increased control has produced remarkable reductions of malaria in some parts of sub-saharan africa, including rwanda. in the southern highlands, near the district capital of butare (altitude, 1,768 m), a combined community- and facility-based survey on plasmodium infection was conducted early in 2010. methods: a total of 749 children below five years of age were examined including 545 randomly selected from 24 villages, 103 attending the health centre in charge, and 101 at ... | 2011 | 21592380 |