Long-term impact of childhood malaria infection on school performance among school children in a malaria endemic area along the Thai–Myanmar border

Abstract

This study characterizes the long-term consequences of uncomplicated malaria disease during childhood. School performance was not associated with a history of malaria infection, considering that most students had their last malaria infection more than two years previously. These findings indicate that the impact of uncomplicated malaria infection on school performance may not be prolonged.