Increasing burden of childhood severe malaria in a Nigerian tertiary hospital: Implication for control

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 185-189

  Orimadegun, Adebola Emmanuel ^a   Fawole, Olufunmi ^b   Okereke, James Okorie ^a   Akinbami, Felix Olukayode ^a   Sodeinde, Olugbemiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Morbidity; Mortality; Severe malaria

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN MALARIA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MICROSCOPY; MORBIDITY; NIGERIA; PARASITEMIA; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WASTING SYNDROME; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA; MALARIA, CEREBRAL; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 34447622717     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmm002     Document Type: Article

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