Malaria and haematologic parameters of pupils at different altitudes along the slope of Mount Cameroon: A cross-sectional study

Malaria Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Kimbi, Helen K ^a   Sumbele, Irene Un ^a   Nweboh, Malaika ^a   Anchang Kimbi, Judith K ^a   Lum, Emmaculate ^a   Nana, Yannick ^a   Ndip, Lucy M ^a   Njom, Henry ^a   Lehman, Leopold G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BUEA   (Cameroon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DOUALA   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Altitude; Haematologic Profile; Malaria; Prevalence; Pupils; White Blood Cell Count

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ALTITUDE; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAMEROON; CHILD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ELEMENTARY STUDENT; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMATOCRIT; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HEMATOLOGY EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; LABORATORY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOPENIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MICROCYTOSIS; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

ADOLESCENT; ALTITUDE; ANEMIA; BLOOD; CAMEROON; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; PARASITE LOAD; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREVALENCE; PUPIL; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84878654477     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-12-193     Document Type: Article

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