Influence of Plasmodium gametocyte carriage on the prevalence of fever, splenomegaly and cardiovascular parameters in children less than 15 years in the Mount Cameroon area: Cross sectional study

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Sumbele, Irene Ule Ngole ^a   Bopda, Orelien S Mtopi ^a   Kimbi, Helen Kuokuo ^a   Ning, Teh Rene ^a   Nkuo Akenji, Theresa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BUEA   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Cardiovascular parameters; Children; Fever; Gametocytes; Haematological values; Malaria parasitaemia; Splenomegaly

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYZER; AXILLA TEMPERATURE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CAMEROON; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPENDENT VARIABLE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; FEVER; FILM; GAMETOCYTE; GIEMSA STAIN; HEART RATE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; INFANT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HAEMOGLOBIN CONCENTRATION; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PALPATION; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM; PREVALENCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE; HETEROZYGOTE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SPLENOMEGALY; STATISTICAL MODEL; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

ADOLESCENT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAMEROON; CARRIER STATE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFANT; LINEAR MODELS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLATELET COUNT; PREVALENCE; SPLENOMEGALY;

EID: 84960401298     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12879-015-1290-4     Document Type: Article

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