Chnical presentation, haematological indices and management of children with severe and uncomplicated malaria in Douala, Cameroon

Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 20, 2008, Pages 2401-2406

  Pankoui Mfonkeu, J B ^a   Gouado, Inocent ^a,e   Fotso Kuate, H ^b   Zambou, O ^c   Grau, G ^d   Combes, V ^d   Amvam Zollo, P H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DOUALA   (Cameroon)

^b Hopital Laquintinie   (Cameroon)

^c Paediatric Service   (Cameroon)

^d University of Sydney   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Cerebral; Children; Douala; Malaria; Uncomplicated

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CAMEROON; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALARIA; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANEMIA; ANTIMALARIALS; CAMEROON; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA; MALARIA, CEREBRAL; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 57749098520     PISSN: 10288880     EISSN: 18125735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2008.2401.2406     Document Type: Article

References (19)

1. Akenji, T.N., M.N. Ntonifor, H.K. Kimbi, E.L. Abongwa and J.K. Ching et al. 2005. The epidemiology of malaria in Bolifamba, a rural community on the eastern slopes of Mount Cameroon: Seasonal variation in the parasitological indices of transmission. Ann. Trop. Med. Parasitol., 99: 221-227.
2. Barragan, A., P.G. Kremsner and W. Weiss, 1998. Age-related buildup of humoral immunity against epitopes for rosette formation and agglutination in African areas of malaria endemicity. Infect. Immun., 66: 4783-4787.
3. Biemba, G., D. Dolmans, P.E. Thuma, G. Weiss and V.R. Gordeuk, 2000. Severe anaemia in Zambian children with Plasmodium falciparum malaria. Trop. Med. Int. Health, 5: 9-16.
4. Chiabi, A., P.F. Tchokoteu, A. Toupouri, T.B. Mbeng and J. Wefuan, 2004. The clinical spectrum of severe malaria in children in the east provincial hospital of Bertoua, Cameroon. Bull. Soc. Pathol. Exot., 97: 239-243.
5. Guiyedi, V., Y. Chanseaud, C. Fesel, G. Snounou and J.C. Rousselle et al., 2007. Self-reactivities to the non-erythroid alpha spectrin correlate with cerebral malaria in gabonese children. PLoS One, 2: e389-e389.
6. Gupta, S., R.W. Snow and C.A. Donoll, 1999. Immunity to non-cerebral severe malaria is acquired after one or two infections. Nat. Med., 5: 340-343.
7. Idro, R., E. Bitarakwate, S. Tumwesigire and C.C. John, 2005. Clinical manifestations of severe malaria in the highlands of Southwestern Uganda. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg., 72: 561-567.
8. Idro, R., J. Aloyo, L. Mayende, E. Bitarakwate, C.C. John and G.W. Kivumbi, 2006. Severe malaria in children in areas with low, moderate and high transmission intensity in Uganda. Trop. Med Int. Heath, 11: 115-124.
9. Imbert, P., I. Sartelet, C. Rogier, S. Ka, G. Baujat and D. Candito, 1997. Severe malaria among children in a low seasonal transmission area, Dakar, Senegal: Influence of age on clinical presentation. Trans. R. Soc. Trop. Med. Hyg., 91: 22-24.
10. Imbert, P., 2003. Criteria of severity in childhood falciparum malaria. Arch. Pediatr., 10: 532-538.
11. Mishra, S.K., S. Mohanty, A. Mohanty and B.S. Das, 2006. Management of severe and complicated malaria. J. Postgrad. Med., 52: 281-287.
12. Mockenhaupt, F.P., S. Ehrhardt, J. Burkardt, S.Y. Bosomtwe and S. Laryea et al., 2004. Manifestation and outcome of severe malaria in children in Northern Ghana. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg., 71: 167-172.
13. Modiano, D., A. Sirima, A. Sawadogo, L. Sanou, J. Paré, A. Konaté and F. Pagnoni, 1998. Severe malaria in Burkina Faso: Influence of age and transmission level on clinical presentation. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg., 59: 539-542.
14. Molyneux, M.E., T.E. Taylor, J.J. Wirima and A. Borgstein, 1989. Clinical features and prognostic indicators in paediatric cerebral malaria: A study of 131 comatose Malawian children. Q. J. Clin. Pathol., 3: 441-459.
15. Noor, A.M., A.A. Amin, W.S. Akhwale and R.W. Snow, 2007. Increasing coverage and decreasing inequity in insecticide-treated bed net use among rural Kenyan children. PLoS Med., 4: e255-e255.
16. Rogier, C., A. Tall and N. Diagne, 1999. Plasmodium falciparum clinical malaria; lessons from longitudinal studies in Senegal. Parasitologia, 41: 255-259.
17. Schellenberg, D., J.R. Schellenberg, A. Mushi, D. Savigny and L. Mgalula et al., 2003. The silent burden of anaemia in Tanzanian children: A community-based study. Bull. World Health Organ., 81: 581-590.
18. Snow, R.W., M. Craig and U. Diechmann, 1999. A preliminary continental risk map for malaria mortality among African children. Parasitol. Today, 15: 99-104.
19. Snow, R.W., E.L. Korenromp and E. Gouws, 2004. Pediatric mortality in Africa: Plasmodium falciparum as a cause or risk? Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg., 71: 16-24.