High prevalence of malaria parasitemia and anemia among hospitalized children in Rakai, Uganda

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Kiggundu, Valerian L ^a   O'Meara, Wendy P ^b   Musoke, Richard ^a   Nalugoda, Fred K ^a   Kigozi, Godfrey ^a   Baghendaghe, Enos ^a   Lutalo, Tom ^a   Achienge, Marion K ^c   Reynolds, Steven J ^a,d   Makumbi, Fred ^a,e   Serwadda, David ^a,e   Gray, Ronald H ^f   Wools Kaloustian, Kara K ^g  

^a RAKAI HEALTH SCIENCES PROGRAM   (Uganda)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MAKERERE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Uganda)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^e MAKERERE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Uganda)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^g INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CHILD DEATH; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DEMOGRAPHY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HIV TEST; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PARASITEMIA; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SEIZURE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UGANDA; VOMITING;

ANEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CHILD, HOSPITALIZED; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; FEVER; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA; MALE; PARASITEMIA; PREVALENCE; UGANDA;

EID: 84893036508     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0082455     Document Type: Article

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