Impact of Plasmodium falciparum infection on the frequency of moderate to severe anaemia in children below 10 years of age in Gabon

Malaria Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Bouyou Akotet, Marielle K ^a,b   Dzeing Ella, Arnaud ^a,b   Kendjo, Eric ^a,b,c   Etoughe, Diane ^a,b   Ngoungou, Edgard B ^a,b   Planche, Timothy ^d   Koko, Jean ^a   Kombila, Maryvonne ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DES SCIENCES DE LA SANTÉ   (Gabon)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE LIBREVILLE   (Gabon)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^d ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEVER; GABON; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; NEWBORN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; AGE; ANIMAL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGE FACTORS; ANEMIA; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GABON; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 69049120351     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-8-166     Document Type: Article

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