Impact of subpatent multi-species and multi-clonal plasmodial infections on anaemia in children from Nigeria

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 399-403

  May, Jürgen ^a,b,e   Falusi, Adeyinka G ^c   Mockenhaupt, Frank P ^a   Ademowo, Olusegun G ^c   Olumese, Peter E ^c   Bienzle, Ulrich ^a   Meyer, Christian G ^a,d  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^d BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^e Institut fur Tropenmedizin   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Children; Malaria; Mixed infections; Multi clonal infections; Nigeria; Parasitaemia; Plasmodium falciparum; Plasmodium malariae; Plasmodium ovale

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CELL CLONE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGY; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; NIGERIA; PARAMETER; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PLASMODIUM OVALE; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPLENOMEGALY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PLASMODIUM OVALE; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0033842906     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(00)90119-6     Document Type: Article

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