Severe malaria in children: A descriptive report from Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic of Congo

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 272-278

  Kunuanunua, Thomas S ^a,b   Nsibu, Célestin N ^a   Bodi, Joseph M ^a   Tshibola, Thérèse K ^b   Bura, Mimy Makusi ^b   Magoga, Kumbundu ^b   Ekila, Mathilde B ^a   Situakibanza, Hypolite T ^a   Aloni, Michel N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KINSHASA   (Congo)

^b Department of Pediatrics   (Congo)

Author keywords

Africa; Blackwater fever; Children; Democratic Republic Democratic of Congo; Drugs policy; Kinshasa; Plasmodium falciparum; Severe malaria

Indexed keywords

AMODIAQUINE; ARTEMISIN; CHLOROQUINE; HEMOGLOBIN; MEFLOQUINE; QUININE; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN MALARIA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGO; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; PREVALENCE; ACIDOSIS; COMPLICATION; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; DRUG EFFECTS; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MORTALITY; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACIDOSIS; ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA; ANTIMALARIALS; BLACKWATER FEVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALARIA; MALE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUININE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84939526097     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmv029     Document Type: Article

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