Burden of sickle cell trait and disease in the Uganda Sickle Surveillance Study (US3): A cross-sectional study

The Lancet Global Health

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2016, Pages e195-e200

  Ndeezi, Grace ^a   Kiyaga, Charles ^b   Hernandez, Arielle G ^c   Munube, Deogratias ^d   Howard, Thad A ^c   Ssewanyana, Isaac ^b   Nsungwa, Jesca ^e   Kiguli, Sarah ^a   Ndugwa, Christopher M ^a   Ware, Russell E ^c   Aceng, Jane R ^e  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Uganda)

^b Central Public Health Laboratory   (Uganda)

^c CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d MULAGO HOSPITAL   (Uganda)

^e MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DRIED BLOOD SPOT TESTING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; MALARIA; MALE; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SICKLE CELL TRAIT; UGANDA; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; COMORBIDITY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREVALENCE; SICKLE CELL TRAIT; UGANDA;

EID: 84959173406     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2214109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(15)00288-0     Document Type: Article

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