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Table 3 Quality of included studies

From: Global prevalence and mortality of severe Plasmodium malariae infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis

No.

Reference

Selection

Compatibility

Exposure

Is the case definition adequate?

Representativeness of the cases

Selection of controls

Definition of controls

Ascertainment of exposure

Same method of ascertainment for cases and controls

Non-response rate

1.

Bottieau et al. [26]

*

*

*

*

**

*

*

*

2.

Chaparro et al. [23]

*

*

*

*

**

*

*

*

3.

Douglas et al.[21]

*

 

*

*

**

*

*

*

4.

Hwang et al. [24]

*

*

*

*

**

*

*

*

5.

Langford et al. [22]

*

*

*

*

**

*

*

*

6.

Wangdahl et al. [25]

*

*

*

*

**

*

*

*

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