Prevalence and morphological types of anaemia and hookworm infestation in the medical emergency ward, Mulago Hospital, Uganda

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 99, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 881-886

  Mukaya, Japheth E ^a   Ddungu, Henry ^a   Ssali, Francis ^b   O'Shea, Tim ^c   Crowther, Mark A ^c  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b JOINT CLINICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Uganda)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DIZZINESS; EMERGENCY WARD; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HOOKWORM; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; OOCYTE; PREVALENCE; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SPLENOMEGALY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UGANDA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ANEMIA; ANIMALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FECES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMOGLOBINS; HOOKWORM INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 71949120125     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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