Malaria, anaemia and under-nutrition: Three frequently co-existing conditions among preschool children in rural Rwanda

Malaria Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Kateera, Fredrick ^a,b   Ingabire, Chantal M ^b   Hakizimana, Emmanuel ^b   Kalinda, Parfait ^b   Mens, Petra F ^a,c   Grobusch, Martin P ^a   Mutesa, Leon ^d   Van Vugt, Michèle ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b RWANDA BIOMEDICAL CENTER   (Rwanda)

^c ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF RWANDA   (Rwanda)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Children; Malaria; Parasitaemia; Rwanda; Under nutrition

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MALNUTRITION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITEMIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; RWANDA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; STUNTING; COMORBIDITY; MALARIA; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION;

ANEMIA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA; MALE; MALNUTRITION; PARASITEMIA; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION; RWANDA;

EID: 84960126706     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12936-015-0973-z     Document Type: Article

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